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The same +</I>><i> >> applies for a company, servers... etc. We aren't talking only about +</I>><i> >> personal boxes that can break without too much drastic consequences. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > No need to update. What on earth is that feeling that a rolling distro +</I>><i> > forces users to update ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Really? they wouldn't be interested in security updates at all? +</I> +I just say that updating is not something imposed, you are free to update or +not to update, you are free to just install security updates. Either under +fixed or rolling no one is imposed to do updates. When reading the topic i get +the feeling that some think that rolling distro means to be forced to do +updates. + +><i> +</I>><i> >> Again a rolling distro is something that's not clearly defined. And to +</I>><i> >> be honest, a rolling distro isn't suitable for new or inexperienced +</I>><i> >> users. Simply because you can't guarantee that a new package won't +</I>><i> >> introduce regressions (or totally break an app), in this case an +</I>><i> >> experienced user will know how to revert to an older version, a new or +</I>><i> >> inexperienced user won't. +</I>><i> >> +</I>><i> >> Look at the rolling distros that've been mentioned, Debian or Gentoo, +</I>><i> >> right? would anyone recommend Debian or Gentoo for a +</I>><i> >> new/inexperienced/non-power user? +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > PCLinuxOS is a rolling distro and is to inexperienced users. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Olivier +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And nothing breaks? no critical apps get broken in that model? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Personally I haven't use PCLinuxOS before, so can't tell for sure; my +</I>><i> guess would be yes, stuff break because new versions are prone to +</I>><i> introduce regressions. Note that this happens in cooker, which is +</I>><i> indeed a rolling distro. +</I>><i> +</I> +From what i've heard (mainly former users of Mandriva who switched to PCLOS +because they did not want to change their distro every 6 months while wishing +to have up-to-date softwares) there is no major break. + +Rolling distro does not mean no test for updates or no development version. + +I find it odd for a user llike me to read that we can have a rolling +distribution unstable, but we can't have a stable rolling distribution + +Olivier +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000865.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000849.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#866">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#866">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#866">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#866">[ 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> |