[Mageia-dev] Update of backport, policy proposal

[Wolfgang Bornath]

A short reality check from userside:

If foo-1.0 is in Mageia 1 and foo-1.1 is released upstream
 - foo-1.1 will likely be integrated in Cauldron very soon after
 - users will request to have foo-1.1 in Mageia 1
 - if Mageia will not provide it then there will soon be local
repositories where local packagers will do a "backport" for their
friends.

This may not be what Mageia backport policy will allow but we can not
avoid people doing and using this, no matter how many warning signs we
will publish. This has to be taken into account here.

When a policy is found it has to be communicated very well, especially
if that policy means that the user can not have foo-1.1 in his stable
Mageia 1.

This is important because former Mandriva users were used to get
almost all new versions backported, if not officially then in 3rd
party repos like MIB or MUD.

-- 
wobo