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

Thu Oct 7 03:59:53 CEST 2010

Ahmad Samir a écrit :
+> 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.
+>    
+Exactly,  Fernando, you can install the distro release every 12, 18 or 
+24 months if you wish.
+Just ensure to make security and other bug fixes on a regular basis, and 
+any backports and other updates you would like, in the interim.
+Stable distro releases every 6 months will make Mageia more stable than 
+a rolling distro, with less effort.
+
+- André (andre999)
+