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

Tue Oct 5 03:35:42 CEST 2010

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+Begin forwarded message:
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+Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:32:56 -0500
+From: Fernando Parra <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx>
+Newsgroups: mageia-dev at mageia.org
+Subject: Re: How will be the realese cycle?
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+On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:01:33 -0500
+Juan Luis Baptiste <juan.baptiste-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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+> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Fernando Parra <gato2707-/E1597aS9LQGXtTpemXPTA at public.gmane.org> 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
+> 
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+Maybe backports are funny for a user with more experience than a regular one, but if we are trying to maintain a user friendly distro, We must improve in the things that they really ask us.
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+One of the regular questions I received when install a linux distro is: "But I really need to upgrade all my OS, if I only want the new version of my Office Suite?"
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+Let me remind you, The privative OS don't have this model, in them the users can install a new version of their favourite software as they want (or pay it). This is true at least as a Mayor upgrade at the OS, and in some cases the compatibility are maintained.
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+I understand that it could be a technical problem, for that reason I proposed packages developed by other's different than gnome and kde.
+
+Send me a light in my ignorance, could you install any new version of OOO downloading the packages directly from de OOO site without meaning the distro version (except of course when occurs a mayor upgrade at their main pieces, kernel by example)?
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+Saludos desde México
+-- 
+ <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx>
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+-- 
+Fernando Parra <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx>
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