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More stable; The more people use a recent version of GNOME, more +</I>>><i> >    fixes will go into GNOME and long term GNOME is more stable +</I>>><i> > +</I>>><i> >    Basically: if your GNOME version is old, developers spend less time +</I>>><i> >    on it, because they assume the issue is probably fixed. So, IMO, to +</I>>><i> >    ensure GNOME stays at a high quality, you have to provide a recent +</I>>><i> >    version... staying 1 version behind only works for short term (the +</I>>><i> >    "Release early, release often" mindset). +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Did I misunderstand , or is GNOME 3.2 not going to have any fixes after 3.2.2, +</I>>><i> although 3.4 will still not be ready at that time, leaving users with several +</I>>><i> months without any fixes ? I would understand that 3.2 would stop being +</I>>><i> supported a few months after 3.4 is out, but if really support stops *before*, +</I>>><i> that's puzzling :) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Nothing new, has been like this for various releases. We did use to do a +</I>><i> .3 release, but it takes quite a lot of time to do that, and we didn't +</I>><i> see the benefit. No distro also complained to GNOME for the lack of a .3 +</I>><i> release. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Note that it only relates to whole of GNOME, if a maintainer wants to +</I>><i> make another release, they're free to do so. Most do not though, but +</I>><i> some do. +</I>><i> +</I>>><i> For small projects, I can understand that developers always want to you to use +</I>>><i> the latest (lastest stable version at least), but for bigger projects such as +</I>>><i> a DE, I would find it surprising. We all know that once a major version has +</I>>><i> been released, it will have users for years. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I think you're getting the intention wrong. GNOME 3.2 is a bugfix for +</I>><i> 3.0; 3.4 is a bugfix for 3.2. If distributions want to rely on an older +</I>><i> version, that is nice, but as it is their choice. +</I> +i think 3.4 would be a nice choice ut as told it depends of the +schedule. If you think this can be ok, i trust you. + +Is it doable to do like mikala for kde and do updates for gnome 3.4.x +during mageia lifecycle ? +</PRE> + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="008571.html">[Mageia-dev] GNOME 3.2 or 3.4 for Mageia 2? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="008590.html">[Mageia-dev] GNOME 3.2 or 3.4 for Mageia 2? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#8577">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#8577">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#8577">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#8577">[ 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> |