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

Tue Oct 5 15:44:53 CEST 2010

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+> However, changing to a "light" rolling distro would force other users, who
+> don't necessarily want these updates (or, don't want to pay for all the
+> bandwidth for these updates, because they are happy with the version they
+> have) to download them.
+>
+>> Other distros are now trying this model, only for browsers as I now.
+>>
+>> We can run a poll for select what are the programs in that list, and then
+>> the devel team must tell us what programs can be upgraded due technical
+>> reasons and what programs can't do.
+>>
+>> My own favourites list is:
+>>
+>> Openoffice (LibreOficce?)
+>
+> So, you want to force everyone to download 300MB of packages, because you want
+> a few new features?
+>
+
+We were just reminded in another thread that many users are still using 
+dial-up services. I think we should also keep this in mind. It would be 
+nice to know, even if you are just speaking in terms of your knowledge 
+of your country, if dial-up service are prevalent in your country.
+
+The update or do a rolling update may have a huge impact on these users.
+
+In Canada, dial-up is still used but high speed hookup is the norm.
+
+Marc
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