jkeating (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jkeating) wrote,@ 2009-06-10 22:34:00 |
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Fedora Development 3.0
When Fedora first started, there was Fedora Core, done by Red Hat, and Fedora Extras, done by the entire community (including Red Hat people). Core was special, and treated different. Core was defined by "It was in Red Hat Linux". Core packages were.. lets face it, junk quality for the most part. Extras had a set of standards that didn't seem to apply to Core, and if you were lucky enough to work for Red Hat, you could get your package into Core and avoid pain. Core would have releases, Extras just sort of flowed. Core was on the DVD/CDs, Extras weren't. Core had updates with info and a tool to manage them. Extras not so much. This was 1.0.
Around Fedora 7, Core and Extras went away. There was just Fedora. All packages were outside of Red Hat. All packages had to adhere to a set of standards. It didn't matter who you worked for, you could get a package in "Fedora", as well as on the DVD/CD. Fedora had releases, and freezes. All packages use an update tool and have info about the updates. All packages went through freezes. Only one development tree, and was the "release to be", which hid "next release". This is 2.0. We are here.
Fedora Activity Day - Fedora Development Cycle 2009 just happened, as did the release of Fedora 11. We looked at our development process and identified a number of things wrong with it. We picked important items and researched why we felt things were wrong with it, and what we were really trying to accomplish. We prototyped solutions to the issues. We drafted a number of proposals. Where we go from here is up to the community, but this really feels like a major step, and perhaps Fedora Development 3.0.
When Fedora first started, there was Fedora Core, done by Red Hat, and Fedora Extras, done by the entire community (including Red Hat people). Core was special, and treated different. Core was defined by "It was in Red Hat Linux". Core packages were.. lets face it, junk quality for the most part. Extras had a set of standards that didn't seem to apply to Core, and if you were lucky enough to work for Red Hat, you could get your package into Core and avoid pain. Core would have releases, Extras just sort of flowed. Core was on the DVD/CDs, Extras weren't. Core had updates with info and a tool to manage them. Extras not so much. This was 1.0.
Around Fedora 7, Core and Extras went away. There was just Fedora. All packages were outside of Red Hat. All packages had to adhere to a set of standards. It didn't matter who you worked for, you could get a package in "Fedora", as well as on the DVD/CD. Fedora had releases, and freezes. All packages use an update tool and have info about the updates. All packages went through freezes. Only one development tree, and was the "release to be", which hid "next release". This is 2.0. We are here.
Fedora Activity Day - Fedora Development Cycle 2009 just happened, as did the release of Fedora 11. We looked at our development process and identified a number of things wrong with it. We picked important items and researched why we felt things were wrong with it, and what we were really trying to accomplish. We prototyped solutions to the issues. We drafted a number of proposals. Where we go from here is up to the community, but this really feels like a major step, and perhaps Fedora Development 3.0.
