Thanks for the reply Robert...
My experience is, anytime 2-4 weeks after the release of a beta,
there
are updates available for it through RHN. These can come to almost 500
Mb worth of updates, which is nearly a full size 700 Mb CD. Then a while
later a second beta (that means a whole new set of iso's to burn) might
be released, and then another set of updates through RHN, again massive
in size. Then an nth public beta (more iso's), with the update cycle
repeating. That has been the pattern for the last two betas I've done.
I guess I'll keep my eye out for the little red dot in the corner of my
screen then. This has actually been a really stable beta for me. I have
only been bitten once, by the ACPI/intel E100 bug, which was easily
worked around. I mainly asked because the updates are pouring out for
taroon, which I am also running.
There is a published timetable for Severn, which I believe is
something
new. You can consult that to get a sense of when to expect updates and a
new set of iso images.
I always look forward to downloading ~2GB of data. Makes my hardware
earn its keep. :)
As to entitlements, I've always felt that beta testers ought to
get a
free double entitlement to RHN just for the beta, and for just the beta
period. This includes testers who already have paid RHN subscriptions. I
don't want to use my paid-for entitlements for the beta. I would rather
reserve those for my "production" machines. I guess this is RHN's way of
getting people to use their own cash to pay for part of the costs of the
beta.
I am mostly a home user, with the exception of a network management
machine I play with at work, so, I really don't have any "production"
systems. I purchased a couple entitlements to keep my home network
updated, and to contribute a few $$ to Red Hat. I have yet to find a
distro I like as much. Thanks for all the hard work everyone!
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 17:54, Michael Young wrote:
> Please pardon me if I missed a thread about this, but, is everyone
> updating out of rawhide? Is redhat planning to populate the rhn severn
> channel with packages anytime in the near future? I feel like I'm
> wasting my entitlements while running the beta.
>
> TIA