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But don't expect the same stability as the fixed release, +</I>><i> > you can't have both. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Well, i disagree for a good reason, in free software there is no (or mainly +</I>><i> no) separation between new versions of a software only correcting bugs, and +</I>><i> new versions of the same software adding new functionnalities. Let's take +</I>><i> an example, digikam. +</I>><i> Changes from digikam 1.3 to 1.4 are bugs correction affecting digikam 1.3 +</I>><i> and addition of new functionnalities. So what ? I need digikam more stable +</I>><i> so let's use the version that corrects bugs, so the latest, but it also +</I>><i> adds new functionnalities that may provide bugs ... (and in the case of +</I>><i> Digikam 1.4 it requires KDE 4.5, unfortunately there is no update to KDE +</I>><i> 4.5 for Mandriva 2010 !) what to do ? +</I> +urpmi --searchmedia Backports digikam + +(see <A HREF="http://lists.mandriva.com/changelog/2010-09/msg01089.php">http://lists.mandriva.com/changelog/2010-09/msg01089.php</A>) + +If you have no regressions, use it, and report back to maintainer, or +contributor who backported it, and motivate for promotion to update. + +If you have regressions, revert to version on main/release or main/updates, +report bugs upstream, await bugfixes from upstream. + +Unless you're actually running 2010.0, in which case you seem to not support +your entire wish by your actions .... + +><i> I also add that creating backports is creating new packages for older +</I>><i> versions that is more time to compilation, more time to ensure quality, +</I>><i> and so. In the whole i am not sure that it. +</I> +If you want rolling release, with all that brings (including sometimes, +untested packages, or packages that are not yet complete, but have to be +uploaded to allow completion of a difficult build dependency chain), run cooker. + +If you want stable release with updated packages, request (or contribute!) +backports. + +[...] + +><i> So one cannot say that stability is affected by backport when backported +</I>><i> packages are to correct existing bugs (but maybe adding new bugs due to new +</I>><i> functionnalities). Noboby would say that KDE 4.1 is more stable than KDE +</I>><i> 4.5 but there is no means to update KDE 4.x to KDE 4.x+1 at the moment, +</I>><i> and i consider that must be in update policies. With Mandriva 2010 i am +</I>><i> stick to 4.3.5 and i bet there will be no more evolution for KDE 4.3 +</I>><i> branch. +</I> +Wait, you're complaining that software in the distribution is too old, but +you're running the previous release of the distribution (2010.0 I guess, but +you aren't clear). + +Regards, +Buchan +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000794.html">[Mageia-dev] Happy Birthday Gene +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000803.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#802">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#802">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#802">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#802">[ 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> |