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

Wed Oct 6 08:19:43 CEST 2010

On 6 October 2010 05:02, Fernando Parra <gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx> wrote:
+> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:47:20 +0200
+> Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
+>
+>> On 5 October 2010 15:28, Tux99 <tux99-mga-ju+53DPtYRFAfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
+>> >
+>> >
+>> > Personally I think the way Mandriva maintains both updates and backports
+>> > for each release is a waste of resources.
+>> >
+>>
+>> How is it a waste?
+>>
+>> A practical example is the college professor / school teacher (see
+>> Fernando Parra post a few emails back); he doesn't want to upgrade the
+>> boxes in the lab, he doesn't care if they have the newest/shiniest
+>> versions, just that the distro is stable and works(tm). The same
+>> applies for a company, servers... etc. We aren't talking only about
+>> personal boxes that can break without too much drastic consequences.
+>
+> Please don't write words in my name, I never wrote something like that, security and stability are as important to as for an any other user, but I need the latest version of some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6 months.
+>
+
+I didn't mean to put words in your mouth; I wasn't talking about you
+in particular but about school/university computer labs case in
+general.
+
+And what I posted doesn't contradict "I need the latest version of
+some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6 months."; I am
+pro backports repos (when possible), but not a rolling distro model.
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+