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Let's maintain & stabilize one thing at a time, that is a +distro every 6 monthes. + +><i> So I wouldn't consider that a fundamental issue with backports, just a +</I>><i> procedural issue. +</I> +Yeah sure. + +><i> Also personally I would consider CUPS a core app so I wouldn't have +</I>><i> included that in backports at all. +</I> +No comment... +And what about above VLC? +Cannot you understand that _ANY_ backport can & will break ? + +That's remains me new MDV leadership who tried to explain to us how +easy it's to maintain a stabe distro with 10% of the team... + + + +Unrelated, I just found out that fglrx updates are half in +<A HREF="http://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/MandrivaLinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/main/updates/">http://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/MandrivaLinux/official/2010.1/x86_64/media/main/updates/</A> +and half in nonfree/release... whereas they're fully not open +source... +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="001274.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="001266.html">[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#1265">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#1265">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#1265">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#1265">[ 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> |