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

Tue Oct 5 04:14:44 CEST 2010

On 5 October 2010 03:35, Fernando Parra <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx> wrote:
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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
+>>
+>
+> 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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+Usually it's just:
+- enable a backports repo
+- search for the app you want
+- if a newer version exists there, install it.
+
+rpmdrake (aka "install & remove software") makes it even easier, you
+don't need to explicitly enable backports, just change the filter to
+"Backports" and it'll show packages from there.
+
+> 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?"
+>
+
+That's what backports are for, you get the latest version of an app
+without upgrading your whole system. For example look at the backports
+repos in 2010.1, you'll find the latest version of: wine, openshot,
+vlc, chromium-browser, gimp.
+
+Latest version of firefox usually got pushed as an official update.
+
+> 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.
+>
+> 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)?
+>
+
+Actually yes, it's one of the - rather rare - cases where upstream,
+OOo, offers readily installable binary rpms :)
+(although you have to bear in mind that the openoffice version in the
+Mandriva repos was the http://go-oo.org/ version, which has a saner
+build system and is easier to maintain).
+
+> Saludos desde México
+> --
+>  <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx>
+>
+>
+> --
+> Fernando Parra <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx>
+>
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+
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+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+