Distributions quotes of the week

People using Linux distributions have for years been in the fortunate position that companies with money were willing to fund a lot of painstaking work and then make the result available for free. One of the artifacts of this was free distributions with long support periods. My view is that this supply of corporate money is in the process of drying up, and with it will go that free long term support. This won't be a pleasant process.

We've gone ahead and decided not to replace DNF with DNF05 in Fedora 39 and, perhaps notably, Fedora 40 as well. Fedora 41 is the safest option at the moment.

With a core system component like DNF, it's crucial that we provide a stable, complete, and thoroughly tested experience to everyone. In its current state, we would not be able to deliver that. With more time, we'll be able to regain our footing and do things properly. Furthermore, this team, which has worked tirelessly over these last several months especially, will be able to avoid burnout. This was not an easy decision to make, but it is the best decision for the team, for this project, and for Fedora.