Exercise 1.1 – What is Upstream and Downstream ?
- An upstream in open source is the source repository and project where contributions happen and releases are made.
- The contributions flow from upstream to downstream.
- Upstream refers to the software that a distribution packages and ships to users (such as GNOME, and the Linux kernel).
- If the RHEL developers make a change to GNOME, they would then send that change upstream.
- Fedora is upstream of RHEL.