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

Mon Oct 18 19:37:59 CEST 2010

  Am 18.10.2010 02:56, schrieb Fernando Parra:
+> On Sun, 17 Oct 2010 01:01:27 -0400
+> andré<andr55-QFKgK+z4sOrR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
+>
+>> It's not just creating the update that costs, also due to these changing
+>> dependancies, dealing with bugs on various installations of the release
+>> in question becomes much more problematic.  Installing a backport is
+>> generally more stable than installing a new version.
+> 100% with you, more than that, we need take in count the panic caused by the installation of the complete OS.
+>
+> Linux experienced users take this practice as a regular one, but anyone who has had to reinstall Windows with all previous applications, a process known to be hell, slow, tedious and often risky
+>
+Sorry, but i don't buy your arguments, This is not about making Mageia
+noobproof installation. And when someone has panic about reinstalling
+his/her box, then someone else should do it for them, simple as that.
+
+Hate to do that, but could we please focus on the topic of the thread
+and not dream about the next best thing in operating systems?
+We should focus on getting our base cleaned up, and to get a stable
+and good quality release out the door, This should be our top priority,
+and not endless discussions what everybody would wish for.
+
+For this there should be a wiki page or keep this on your private wishlist,
+until the time has come to look if it can be realized and/or if it has more
+advantages than disadvantages.
+
+
+On topic: I'd like to see a snapshot/release every 12 months,
+the core system (aka basesystem plus default de) should
+be "frozen" and only receive bugfixes/security updates
+and mostly everything else should be more-or-less rolling.
+That also means there is no more difference in backports
+and updates, that would be my model to go.
+
+