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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> +Please don't write words in my name, I never wrote something like that, security and stability are as important to as for an any other user, but I need the latest version of some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6 months. + +><i> +</I>><i> > I do agree that Mageia should be a semi-rolling distro. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > By "semi rolling distro" I mean the following: +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Release a distro every 8-12 months (the exact cyle is not the point I'm +</I>><i> > debating here, it could be 6 months too, it doesn't mater for the concept +</I>><i> > I'm trying to explain). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Provide updates/security patches for all the basic stuff that has a lot of +</I>><i> > dependencies (kernel, core libs, kde, gnome, xorg, etc.). +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Provide newer release rather than backported security patches for all other +</I>><i> > apps. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > In other words, backports (rather than backported security fixes) should be +</I>><i> > the rule for everything apart from the core system stuff that has loads of +</I>><i> > dependencies. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > This would reduce the space requirements on the mirrors and it would mean +</I>><i> > that Mageia is a "rolling distro" for most apps, making it more attractive +</I>><i> > compared to ubuntu/Fedora/opensuse and at the same time reduce the workload +</I>><i> > for packagers. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > +</I>><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> -- +</I>><i> Ahmad Samir +</I>><i> +</I> +-- + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000898.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000878.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#874">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#874">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#874">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#874">[ 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> |