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

Thu Oct 14 18:58:40 CEST 2010

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:33:31 +0200, Tux99 wrote:
+
+> I have been using backports on all my PCs and enabled them on all PCs of 
+> friends whom I installed Mandriva and so far I have yet to see a single 
+> breakage caused by backports.
+
+  Having never had Backports enabled, I was encouraged by postings
+here to try it.  Several app's were updated (e.g. VLC, CUPS).
+
+However, I then found that the new version of VLC had problems with
+DVD menus, and the new CUPS introduced problems (not just in my
+installation but at least one other Mandriva user).
+
+So I have reverted my Root partition to its state before the Backports
+update, and all is well again.
+
+My experience tells me that I should only use Backports - temporarily
+- when looking for an update to some application, i.e. not as a source
+for regular overall software updates.
+
+-- 
+/\/\aurice 
+	(Retired in Surrey, UK)     Registered Linux User #487649
+	 Linux Mandriva 2010.0 32-bit  PowerPack (i686 kernel) 
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+
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