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If, +</I>><i> > > for example morning out mageia 2010 (for instance) and the day after +</I>><i> > > Firefox 4.0 comes out, you do not run the 3.6.x version with all the +</I>><i> > > time,) +</I>><i> > > +</I>><i> > > That's very clear, these users are trying to say: "We want a different +</I>><i> > > model, but we want a stable distro" +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > As we have been saying over and over again, this only indicates zero +</I>><i> > knowledge of backports repositories. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > We should publicize more Backports. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And I shall reply over and over again, backports isn't a solution, maybe +</I>><i> it's a technical solution, but it isn't The Solution. +</I>><i> +</I> +What aspects of the Mandriva backports solution are not satisfactory? + +-The fact that not everything is available as a backport? +-That users don't know how to request a backport? +-That too many backports are available? +-That all users don't get them by default? +-That users doing network installs by default don't get the backport on +initial installation? +-That users aren't aware of backports? +-Something else? + +Please provide some *CONSTRUCTIVE* criticism, or the people who have been +doing the effort of *PROVIDING* the backports, as well as using them, will +probably just write you off as not knowing what is available. + +IMHO, backports is relatively successful. No one who has criticised backports +has provided a valid reason, that takes into account what it *does* provide, +indicating where it fails. + +><i> The end users need to do less than now for to get new versions of their +</I>><i> favourites applications. +</I> +Less than 'urpmi --searchmedia Backports chromium' ? + +Or, should it be more obvious in rpmdrake or similar? How about commenting on +my proposal for UI change in rpmdrake making backports more obvious? + +><i> Mageia needs to offer more than other distros, much more, in a different +</I>><i> way. If we aren't to be able to make a completely new concept, we are in a +</I>><i> serious risk to become in other distro at that sea called GNU / Linux. +</I> +Again, before we can decide what *more* we should do (what significant +resources we need to commit), maybe we should first understand why the +existing features (which have significant effort behind them) are not +resulting in user satisfaction. + +Regards, +Buchan +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001202.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001173.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1172">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1172">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1172">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1172">[ 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> |