[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

Tue Jun 14 16:16:00 CEST 2011

Am 14.06.2011 15:43, schrieb Michael Scherer:
+>> Yes, but Backports are not officially supported and we wouldn't advice new users
+>> >  to backports normally.
+> I am sorry, but I fail to follow your reasoning.
+
+What I meant is: We can't tell the user to use the backports and if he 
+runs in trouble we let him alone and say he shouldn't have used it. If 
+we officially support and care for backports, than this is a different case.
+
+
+> And as I said in another mail, if people want to follow arch linux and
+> do a better job, maybe they should start to explain what are the weak
+> points of the distribution and then do proposal on stuff that can be
+> done better instead of asking to copy cat hoping this would be better.
+
+I don't want a full rolling release, because of the listed 
+disadvantages. So, if you ask me what is "wrong" with Arch, I would say:
+* due to the rolling release, it's nearly vanilla. This doesn't match 
+requirements of Mageia
+* no innovations (because of vanilla)
+* a rolling core system has a negative correlation with it's stability
+* heavy work load
+* ...
+
+So, I don't ask for a copy of Arch nor any other distribution. I asked 
+(although it wasn't my idea) for something new. An compromise: a light 
+rolling release.
+
+Further lack of clarity?
+
+Greetings,
+Thorsten
+