[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle?

Tue Oct 5 03:01:33 CEST 2010

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Fernando Parra <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx> wrote:
+> Could we have a different approach?
+>
+> As a computers professional I love the idea of upgrading my distro's version every 6 months, but as a teacher, I simply can't do that, (maybe I only can do that every two years)
+>
+
+One would be the current community version to give it a name and the
+other one would be the long term release, like the corporate
+desktop/server of Mandriva.
+
+> But in my two personalities I want (and in determinated circumstances I simply need them) some programs running in its latest versions
+>
+> A different approach could be a "light rolling distro", let me explain. A distro with a selected number of programs updated regular as their new versions are available.
+
+That's what backports are for, no need for a "light rolling distro",
+just contribute and help doing the backports for different Mageia
+versions if you really want them. That's what I do and it was one of
+the main reasons to become a contrib packager :)
+
+
+Cheers,
+-- 
+Juancho
+