--- On Mon, 2/1/10, Marko Vojinovic <vvmarko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tuesday 02 February 2010 02:55:17
Patrick Bartek wrote:
> As far as updates: If an app or utility or
library works just fine, no
> problems--they usually do from the initial
install--why be concerned over
> the latest update? But I see it all the
time. It must be some kind of
> complusive-obsessive disorder
variant. I have a friend, a retired career
> computer admin, programmer, you name it, who has
this disorder. It is
> impossible for him not to constantly keep his
system fully updated even if
> what is being updated is rarely if ever needed
or even used.
I would call this "the geek disorder"... In a
geek-encouraging bleeding edge
distro like Fedora, I expect most of the people to behave
like this. Myself
included. :-)
Sad. I understand there's no cure, and those so afflicted live quiet lives of
desperation constantly waiting for updates. ;-)
Also, frequent updating occasionally provides not just
bugfixes, but also
enhanced functionality of certain components. Which comes
as a nice surprise,
especially if it was something you were missing so badly...
It's a nice
feeling when you see improvement in a working system (as
opposed to installing
a later version of the whole distro). Basically, we're
having a great time
updating software to latest&greatest! That's why we run
Fedora! ;-)
You've misunderstood. My comments about updates referred to unsupported versions like
F9. Just because it is no longer supported, doesn't mean it's broken and useless,
and must be thrown away and replace with something new.
However, I do understand the need of updating new releases. That's why when I do
upgrade, I usually wait a few weeks, sometimes longer, after the initial debut. By then
most, if not all, of the more nasty problems have been fixed.
B