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A distro with a selected number of programs updated regular as their new versions are available. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> That's what backports are for, no need for a "light rolling distro", +</I>>><i> just contribute and help doing the backports for different Mageia +</I>>><i> versions if you really want them. That's what I do and it was one of +</I>>><i> the main reasons to become a contrib packager :) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Cheers, +</I>>><i> -- +</I>>><i> Juancho +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Maybe backports are funny for a user with more experience than a regular one, but if we are trying to maintain a user friendly distro, We must improve in the things that they really ask us. +</I>><i> +</I> +Usually it's just: +- enable a backports repo +- search for the app you want +- if a newer version exists there, install it. + +rpmdrake (aka "install & remove software") makes it even easier, you +don't need to explicitly enable backports, just change the filter to +"Backports" and it'll show packages from there. + +><i> One of the regular questions I received when install a linux distro is: "But I really need to upgrade all my OS, if I only want the new version of my Office Suite?" +</I>><i> +</I> +That's what backports are for, you get the latest version of an app +without upgrading your whole system. For example look at the backports +repos in 2010.1, you'll find the latest version of: wine, openshot, +vlc, chromium-browser, gimp. + +Latest version of firefox usually got pushed as an official update. + +><i> Let me remind you, The privative OS don't have this model, in them the users can install a new version of their favourite software as they want (or pay it). This is true at least as a Mayor upgrade at the OS, and in some cases the compatibility are maintained. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I understand that it could be a technical problem, for that reason I proposed packages developed by other's different than gnome and kde. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Send me a light in my ignorance, could you install any new version of OOO downloading the packages directly from de OOO site without meaning the distro version (except of course when occurs a mayor upgrade at their main pieces, kernel by example)? +</I>><i> +</I> +Actually yes, it's one of the - rather rare - cases where upstream, +OOo, offers readily installable binary rpms :) +(although you have to bear in mind that the openoffice version in the +Mandriva repos was the <A HREF="http://go-oo.org/">http://go-oo.org/</A> version, which has a saner +build system and is easier to maintain). + +><i> Saludos desde México +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i>  <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx</A>> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Fernando Parra <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx</A>> +</I>><i> +</I> + + +-- +Ahmad Samir +</PRE> + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000820.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000840.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#822">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#822">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#822">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#822">[ 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> |