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

Wed Oct 6 08:25:24 CEST 2010

Op woensdag 06 oktober 2010 01:24:39 schreef Tux99:
+> On Wed, 6 Oct 2010, nicolas vigier wrote:
+> > > 1) I'd never use Mandriva on a server, because of the short support
+> > > period, a server OS requires at least 4-5 years support lifecycles
+> > > (I'm not talking about MES here, just the normal Mandriva variants)
+> > 
+> > But you can still use it while it is supported, and upgrade to a newer
+> > realease when it's no more supported.
+> 
+> Are you serious? Upgrading a server every 18 months?
+> No thanks, I rather use a distro that has at least a 4-5 year support
+> lifecycle for that, than waste my time with unnecessary upgrades of a
+> server.
+
+I'd rather have that too
+
+> > > 3) I mentioned earlier that the packager would need to use good
+> > > judgement and not include major incompatible version changes
+> > 
+> > There is always some small (and sometimes big) incompatibilities with
+> > new versions. Not always known even by the developers. How should the
+> > packager know about all the incompatibilities ?
+> 
+> Correction:
+> There is always A SMALL RISK of incompatibilities with new versions.
+> 
+> Anyone who wants next to zero risk will choose Centos rather than
+> Mandriva/Mageia anyway, so for the kind of distro we are doing
+> providing updated packages is a much bigger attraction for potential
+> users, than the small risk of an incompatibility.
+
+This is non-sensical; i will never choose Centos for a server, if i was to 
+have a bug, where would i go with it???
+
+I don't want to have unnecessary risks for my server.
+