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

Thu Oct 7 07:24:09 CEST 2010

On 7 October 2010 03:59, andré <andr55 at laposte.net> wrote:
+> 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)
+>
+
+Strike two, please pay close attention when quoting replying to quote
+the right person...
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+