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As an user (just plain user) i do not +</I>>><i> think that installing a distribution is a goal, just a mean to use my +</I>>><i> computer, so i wish i could not spend time installing a distribution every +</I>>><i>  6 months or every year. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> My opinion is nearly the same: what is the need to provide a new version each +</I>><i> 6 months? The marketing point of view is not a valid answer since we do not +</I>><i> need to satsify shareholders or follow the market. +</I>><i> +</I> +Yes, but you have a distro to maintain, a reputation to uphold... + +><i> So when a new version is needed? My point of view is that a new version is +</I>><i> needed when a big change will occur for exemple a new major release of KDE or +</I>><i> gnome, Xorg, perl, python, jdk, ... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> We need to change our view. Actually, the date of the release is decide and +</I>><i> the deciders (maketting, CEO, CTO, ?) choose which softwares will be include. +</I>><i> I propose to look at release date of the main softwares and decide when a new +</I>><i> version will be proposed. +</I>><i> +</I> +Hmm, no, IINM, that would be the release engineers job. + +><i> For smaller software, we do not need to wait for a new version of the distro. +</I>><i> Just provide it as we do with the backport repository. +</I> +New version => new features + new bugs; anyone who ran cooker for a +good amount of time have witnessed this fact.... + +><i> +</I>><i> And no, rolling distro does mean use cauldron, since the system is not +</I>><i> supposed to work properly and where critical breakage can appear. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I> +Ah, yes, so you want a rolling release, just like Cauldron will be, +but that's not broken; now how should one go about guaranteeing that +this will actually work out OK? + +A rolling distro means double work for the devs and packagers as a new +version may just introduce new bugs too, now they don't provide the +new versions in a controlled development release where you're warned +that "this is a development release not suitable for day-to-day +production machines", or in a "unsupported backports" repo, no, it'll +just go to the stable release too..... + +Now don't only think about a Mageia installation on a personal +computer, where even if the system is totally hosed you can easily do +a new install or restore a backup (then update to latest), but you +also have to bear in mind users who have servers doing all sorts of +jobs, they want stability over new-shiny-versions; the same goes for +school/university labs... etc. + +-- +Ahmad Samir +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000673.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000674.html">[Mageia-dev] About Mandriva tools future : Host Mandriva tools on github +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#679">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#679">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#679">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#679">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |