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2009/5/17 David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> I agree with the testing 100%. However he said that this was a
> necessary, production, machine.
>
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Rawhide
>
> "  Who should use Rawhide?
>
> No-one should use Rawhide as their main day-to-day workstation. As
> Rawhide is a development branch, many changes are not heavily tested (or
> tested at all) before being released to Rawhide, and packages in Rawhide
> can and do break without warning. It is even possible that bugs in
> Rawhide could cause data loss. However, testing Rawhide is a very
> valuable activity which helps to direct Fedora development and ensure
> the quality of stable releases is high. It's also a fun way to try out
> the latest software almost as soon as it comes out. If you have a spare
> system, or are willing to install Rawhide to spare space on an existing
> system and dual boot, or use a virtual machine, testing Rawhide is a
> great way to contribute to Fedora development."
>
>
> But many still do.


I would think that "frozen" rawhid just before a release is a different
matter - if no serious bugs are reported in the software, that is the
software that will make it into a final release.

Rawhide a few months ago/a few months from now and today are IMO two
different beasts.

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