On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 08:37:18PM -0400, Charles R. Dennett wrote: > When a new version of some software is released, it apparently takes > RedHat a while before they release it.
It's more than just "apparently". Unless Red Hat is the package maintainer, by definition they won't release it first. Red Hat does a lot of things with a package before they release it. Testing is the obvious big one. >For example, Mozilla 1.4 was > recently released and has not yet shown up via the up2date application. > > So, I went exploring around the RedHat ftp site and came across > ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/rawhide/i386/RedHat/RPMS. There > was a README file in the rawhide area that had all kinds of warnings and > disclaimers about the quality (or lack of quality) of the software found > there. Those disclaimers and warnings are there for a *very* good reason. Some packages released to RawHide will fail to install. Another may corrupt your installation. Most will not give you a supported upgrade path - upgrade to or from RawHide to any other version is simply not supported. > So, my questions are these. Are the RPMs in the rawhide area to be > trusted? Nope. They're bleeding edge. Why do think the warning is there? RawHide packages are for those who know what they're doing. If you don't, or don't have the local support mechanisms to extract yourself from whatever mess you get yourself into, don't go with RawHide. -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
