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

Thu Oct 7 16:42:15 CEST 2010

IMHO that if we want that "backports" be more "popular", we must stop
+promoting like "for advanced users":
+http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tasks/Installing_and_removing_software#Advanced_use:_Backports_and_candidate_updates
+
+Quote:
+
+"The testing and backports repositories for each section will be
+configured on your system but disabled (they are disabled by default
+to ensure you do not install packages from these repositories by
+accident, since they could potentially not work as well as those from
+the release and updates repositories). To use these repositories,
+simply run the Software Media Manager as discussed in #Making more
+applications available and check the boxes to enable them. We
+recommend that you do not leave either repository permanently enabled,
+but enable them if you wish to install a specific package from them,
+install the package, and then disable them again."
+
+If you give this kind of description to non-advanced / geek users, of
+course they will be afraid to try backports. And, if they don't try
+backports, you'll have lot of people knocking at your door asking for
+rolling distro.
+
+Of course, I'm not saying "let's lie to people".
+
+If backports are "dangerous", we can't think in tell everyone "you
+want updated packages? Try backports" because not everyone will have
+the ability to handle problems or system instability.
+
+But, if backports aren't that dangerous, why to show them with red
+lights and warnings?
+
+Cheers!
+
+
+
+Gustavo Giampaoli (aka tavillo1980)
+