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Re: [opensuse-project] Wrong rant about Fedora on the wiki's FAQ page
- From: Martin Schlander <suse@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:26:29 +0200
- Message-id: <200708061026.29705.suse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Den Monday 06 August 2007 00:41:29 skrev Pascal Bleser:
>
Http://en.opensuse.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Fedora_basically_forces_you_to_update_to_the_newest_version_to_stay_current.2C_even_for_security_updates._How_does_openSUSE_handle_this.3F
> It seems like Fedora also provides updates as backports, retaining
> backwards compatibility (just like on openSUSE).
>
> Could this be fixed ? Or if someone disagrees, please reply and clarify ;)
They now maintain each release for two releases + 1 month. So F-7 will be EOD
1 month after F-9 is released.
Wrt. updates I'm not sure what their policy is - or if they have any general
policy - but afaik they upgrade versions for glibc, KDE and other stuff
officially.
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Http://en.opensuse.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Fedora_basically_forces_you_to_update_to_the_newest_version_to_stay_current.2C_even_for_security_updates._How_does_openSUSE_handle_this.3F
> It seems like Fedora also provides updates as backports, retaining
> backwards compatibility (just like on openSUSE).
>
> Could this be fixed ? Or if someone disagrees, please reply and clarify ;)
They now maintain each release for two releases + 1 month. So F-7 will be EOD
1 month after F-9 is released.
Wrt. updates I'm not sure what their policy is - or if they have any general
policy - but afaik they upgrade versions for glibc, KDE and other stuff
officially.
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