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It's much faster to + read some topic on a forum than dozens emails. And your final + user should be able to know what happen easily. It would be a + big + in front of others distributions.</div> + </blockquote> + by <strong><a moz-do-not-send="true" +href="https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=448">claire</a></strong> + » Jun 16th, '11, 14:27 + <div class="content"> + <blockquote> + <div><cite>pmithrandir wrote:</cite>On my side, I think mageia + should do a "mix" of others idea.<br> + <br> + I would say : <br> + - A release every year.<br> + - During this year, a way to update some popular stuff + (firefox, chrome, libreoffice...)<br> + - During this year also a way to add some new package if + needed or if there is some instant success for a new + software.<br> + <br> + Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be + maintain for 4 years.<br> + <br> + So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode : <br> + - The LTS<br> + - The common release<br> + - The cauldron.<br> + </div> + </blockquote> + <br> + <br> + I completely agree with this. There is no real need to rush + releases as long as new versions are easily available. I know + backports repo is available but its not very user friendly. As + an example, the newer versions of Openshot video editor have a + very nice feature of being able to do animated titles. To be + able to use them you need Blender 2.5. Whilst Mageia includes + Openshot 1.3.1 (which errors with missing plugins btw) which at + time of writing is current it still has Blender 2.49b.<br> + <br> + It would be useful if there were a nice user friendly way to + upgrade Blender when it is backported. Something to let ordinary + users know a newer version is available and a simple click to + upgrade it.<br> + <br> + LTS releases in Ubuntu IMHO are a great idea and one which would + add value to mageia as a potential server/business OS where + stability over time is crucial.<br> + <br> + I dont think Joe Bloggs really cares about a 6 monthly + distribution upgrade, only that new versions of the software + they use are easily obtainable in the mean time and won't break + the distribution upgrade when it comes around.</div> + </blockquote> + by <strong><a +href="https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=468">roadrunner</a></strong> + » Jun 16th, '11, 15:35 + <div class="content"> + <blockquote> + <div><cite>claire wrote:</cite> + <blockquote> + <div><cite>pmithrandir wrote:</cite>I dont think Joe Bloggs + really cares about a 6 monthly distribution upgrade, only + that new versions of the software they use are easily + obtainable in the mean time and won't break the + distribution upgrade when it comes around.</div> + </blockquote> + </div> + </blockquote> + Speaking as a typical "Joe Bloggs", all I'm interested in is + keeping my applications up to date with the occasional + distribution upgrade. I'm not interested in regular release cycles + because I feel that this leads to "rush-jobs", which in turn, + leads to bugs galore. I'm more interested in a solid reliable + distribution upgrade on the "it'll be ready when it's ready" + basis.<br> + <br> + .\\artin</div> + <div id="sig3679" class="signature"><span style="font-style: + italic;">- Mageia 1 32-bit - KDE SC 4.6.3 -<br> + - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ CPU -<br> + - 4Gb RAM - nVidia 8500GT GPU -</span></div> + </body> +</html> |