14 DAY TRIAL // The upcoming Fedora 21 distribution has been plagued by numerous problems and it has been delayed many times. The launch date is yet again being pushed back one more week.
All Fedora users know that, once the release dates are made public for a new version of the operating system, there is no way that they will be respected. In fact, the Fedora devs from Red Hat have decided to drop the code names for future releases, so they might as well drop the release schedule.
There are plenty of systems that operate without a release schedule and they're doing just fine. These constant delays are getting really annoying, especially for fans of the operating system. The Fedora distro is becoming less and less relevant to the Linux user base, and the fact that new versions are being pushed back by one week numerous times during the devel cycle is not helping the good reputation that has been built over the years.
Fedora slips by another week, again
If you follow the announcements made during the development cycle for any Fedora version, you will notice that, from time to time, there is one that informs how and why a particular version has been delayed. There are always good reasons to do it and the devs always explain themselves, but it's not good for business. Or at least it wouldn't be if Fedora wasn't free.
"Today at Go/No-Go meeting it was decided to slip Fedora 21 Beta release by one week due to unresolved blocker bugs. As a result, ALL MAJOR MILESTONES, and their dependent tasks, will be pushed out by one week. The next Go/No-Go meeting is on Thursday, Oct 30, 17:00 UTC at #fedora-meeting-2 channel on FreeNode" says Jaroslav Reznik in a regular update.
As you might imagine, this is not the first time when this kind of message is sent. It basically says that all the dates set after the previous delay are now being pushed by one more week. So, the first Beta for Fedora 21 should arrive on November 4, followed by the final freeze on November 25, and the final release on December 09.
These dates are definitely not set in stone, especially if we take a look at the blocker bugs that are already on the list and that could always cause other problems. We can only hope that they are manageable and that Red Hat will be able to deal with them in time.