[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

Mon Jun 13 23:28:04 CEST 2011

On lundi 13 juin 2011 at 23:06, Thorsten van Lil wrote :
+> A rolling release has following advantages:
+> 1. the distribution is always up to date (also hardware support) 
+> 2. no re-install over and over again
+
+I don't get it why people think a re-install is necessary.
+My current computer was installed with mandriva 2007 (don't remember if it 
+was .0 or .1), it is now mageia 1 and has been updated to all intermediary 
+mdv releases.
+Another was not actually installed, an older was installed with mandrake 8.2 
+(yes, that is as old as 2002), was updated to each subsequent release, was 
+copied on a new computer (create partitions, copy, reinstall grub in MBR, 
+check graphic driver, and it worked), it is now running mandriva 2010.2 
+(mageia to come) without being reinstalled since.
+
+> Some users also wants the a mix of both (also called a light rolling
+> release)  and combine the advantages as far as possible.
+> This could look like this:
+> Bring up a release once a year. The core (kernel, glib, ...) will only
+> get  minor updates. Apllications like firefox, libreoffice, ... will
+> always be up to date (rolling). Maybe also the desktop envirenments
+> could be rolling but this is very heavy.
+
+If I understood correctly, that is exactly what the backports should 
+provide, new versions of programs when possible (no update of half of the 
+core system libraries).
+
+cheers
+-- 
+Renaud Michel
+