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Old 12-13-2004, 09:14 PM   #1
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Fc4?

Perhaps I'm jumping the gun, as FC3 just came out, but does anyone know when testing begins on FC4? Is it months from now or weeks? (roughly)
 
Old 12-13-2004, 09:47 PM   #2
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fedora hasn't posted up the schedule yet, but usually test1 is released 2-3 month after the previous version.
 
Old 12-17-2004, 07:41 PM   #3
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It feels like yesterday that RedHat started the Fedora project, and we are already well into version 3 being out.

I don't blame you for asking about FC4, you are definatly not jumping the gun, because IMHO redhat is putting out too many core releases of this OS.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to be using Fedora Core 47 in five years.

-Corey
 
Old 12-17-2004, 10:02 PM   #4
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Originally posted by cormander
Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to be using Fedora Core 47 in five years.
Why not? Quality in software in the OSS world is measured by the version number. Didn't you know that?

FC3 is better than FC2, and FC1 before it. Of course, none of them are as good as Suse 9.x or the ultra great Drake 10.

And then there's Windows at 2003 ...

In case it's not blatantly obvious ... this is sarcasm, but it is how marketing types and IT managers think
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Old 12-22-2004, 03:57 PM   #5
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No details have been posted or announced publicly. But the Fedora Core release cycle of approx. 6 months still applies. Based on details such as the preliminary release schedule, which does not cover FC4 yet, it's fairly obvious when to expect the first FC4 test release.
 
Old 01-21-2005, 05:38 PM   #6
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Fedora Core 4 - FC4 Preliminary Schedule
Not sure when it was posted, but clicked on the link in the post above (and below) and its there!

Fedora Core 4 Preliminary Schedule
 
Old 01-21-2005, 05:48 PM   #7
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It was posted to fedora-devel-list on January 14th by Bill Nottingham. The complete message quoted here for completeness:

Quote:
A Fedora Core 4 proto-schedule is available at:

http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/

Generally, it's 3 4-week test releases, with a release in early/mid May.

So, what's planned for Fedora Core 4? Here's what we're looking
at from the Red Hat side of things:

- GCC 4, if it's ready

We're not planning on holding for it, but if it's out in a
reasonable time, sure. Failing that, we're looking at making
more of the FORTIFY_SOURCE and other gcc & glibc security extensions
integrated, if at all possible.

- The usual new stuff - GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4, Xorg 6.8.2,
OpenOffice 2.0 (maybe), etc.

- Xen and Virtualization

This starts by integrating the Xen kernel stuff, and going
from there.

- SELinux Episode III: Revenge of the AVC

Yet more targets in the targeted policy.

- Faster boot

Eliminating redundancy and old cruft in the bootup process,
starting GDM early if possible, using newer and faster
udev codebases, and other related tweaks.

- Java

More native-compiled GCJ stuff. Including Eclipse.

- Package management

GUI integration of system-config-packages, yum, and friends.

- more networking changes

Further integration of NetworkManager

- PPC support

For your brand spanking new MiniMac, or the p655 under your
desk.

- Extras at launch time. Or else.

Hopefully, self explanatory. Could coincide with the move
of some bits from Core to Extras. In fact, some of the
stuff on this list of features may *be* in Extras.

Probably other stuff that I'm forgetting in here. I'm sure
more people can remind me.

Bill
 
Old 02-02-2005, 08:21 PM   #8
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Thanks a lot misc! That's so awesome - my appetite is whetted for May. I am so psyched!
 
Old 02-02-2005, 09:53 PM   #9
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Quote:
- Faster boot

Eliminating redundancy and old cruft in the bootup process,
starting GDM early if possible, using newer and faster
udev codebases, and other related tweaks.
I like this one the best and I am sure many laptop users will agree
 
Old 02-03-2005, 03:04 AM   #10
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wow FC4
don't worry guys soon FC4 will be on surface if you consider May a soon month
 
Old 02-03-2005, 06:41 AM   #11
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I have a feeling a FC4 test release will be out by the end of February. Isn't the Fedora Confrence coming up at MIT in like 2 or 3 weeks?
 
Old 02-03-2005, 06:54 AM   #12
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http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/

http://fedoraproject.org/fudcon/ (official announcement pending)
Last edited by misc; 02-03-2005 at 07:23 AM.
 
Old 02-03-2005, 07:26 AM   #13
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Red face
come on guys get it together at least to please the real fans with some test1 ))
 
Old 02-03-2005, 09:00 AM   #14
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I really loved FC3, it allowed my on-board sound card to work on one of my older computers as well as some other improvements.

There is one improvement I didn't like too much: csfalcon - I see you have a laptop. Do you know how to disable the feature where a tap on the mouse movement pad is a click? I am always accidentally hitting it with my thumb and it makes typing horrible. Depending on where my cursor is I sometimes end up typing into an earlier paragraph. If you know how to turn this off easily, I would be VERY greatfull. (spelling? the irony of being an engineer - can't do the simple things, but can solve multivariable calculus)
 
Old 02-03-2005, 09:29 AM   #15
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I love FEDORA!!
 
  


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