[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

Tue Jun 14 07:55:12 CEST 2011

Am Montag, 13. Juni 2011, 23:28:04 schrieb Renaud MICHEL:
+> 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.
+
+An Upgrade is nearly the same, than reinstalling. The difference is only, that 
+you can use your system in the mean time and you are not forced to install the 
+missing packages. 
+
+> > 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).
+> 
+
+Yes, but Backports are not officially supported and we wouldn't advice new users 
+to backports normally. It's not what is possible with current repos but what 
+we offer for the "normal" user. Because this also influence what release cycle 
+we use. If we use such a light rolling release, it's enough to offer one 
+release per year or maybe one in 18 month. If we stay with the static release 
+model, we are almost "forced" to release every 9 months or earlier.
+
+Greetings,
+Thorsten
+
+