From 82aebacbaecfc27c989448deaaf6193abf177091 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petr Bokoc Date: Nov 27 2018 22:37:24 +0000 Subject: 175 - Variants are now labeled --- diff --git a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc index b15a322..f0538f5 100644 --- a/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc +++ b/modules/release-notes/pages/sysadmin/Distribution.adoc @@ -57,8 +57,15 @@ This enables SSE2 support with optimal backwards compatibility due to automatic The latter two items are primarily a benefit to those developers who work on Fedora itself. One notable impact of this change is that **32-bit x86 systems which lack SSE2 support will not be able to install or upgrade to Fedora 29**. -This only applies to 32-bit x86 systems. For 64-bit x86 systems, SSE2 support is a required support of the baseline ABI and already extensively used by Fedora. +This only applies to 32-bit x86 systems. For 64-bit x86 systems, SSE2 support is a required support of the baseline ABI and already extensively used by Fedora. +== Fedora variants are now labeled + +Prior to Fedora 29, only major Fedora editions were using the `VARIANT` and `VARIANT_ID` fields in `/usr/lib/os-release` (and the `/etc/os-release` symlink). +That meant it was impossible to distinguish between, for example, a desktop spin and a container image. + +Fedora 29 uses these fields on every variant. +Combined with link:++https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/council-discuss@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/J436ZG74X6MIOES377Q7UGZEXX73ZNUM/++[UUID counting], this will provide Fedora Project with a much clearer picture of real-world usage of various spins and editions, and allow the Project to determine which editions are most popular and to better optimize time and resources. == Rename Atomic Workstation to Silverblue