[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

Thu Jun 16 19:57:52 CEST 2011

  by *pmithrandir 
+<https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=359>* » 
+Jun 13th, '11, 20:21
+> On my side, I think mageia should do a "mix" of others idea.
+>
+> I would say :
+> - A release every year.
+> - During this year, a way to update some popular stuff (firefox, 
+> chrome, libreoffice...)
+> - During this year also a way to add some new package if needed or if 
+> there is some instant success for a new software.
+>
+> Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be maintain 
+> for 4 years.
+>
+> So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode :
+> - The LTS
+> - The common release
+> - The cauldron.
+>
+> With that kind of stuff, you should have no more than one release for 
+> public at a time, and just one LTS.
+> If you update main software(we could define a list of no more than 20 
+> software) people who are crasy about new function, or developper who 
+> need tham to develop new stuff would be happy.
+>
+> BTW : I think mailing list are totally outdated and that mageia should 
+> have a special section in this forum for these discussion, or maybe 
+> another forum.
+> It's totally impossible for people who want to participate sometimes 
+> to follow you emails everydays. It's much faster to read some topic on 
+> a forum than dozens emails. And your final user should be able to know 
+> what happen easily. It would be a big + in front of others distributions.
+by *claire 
+<https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=448>* » 
+Jun 16th, '11, 14:27
+
+    pmithrandir wrote:On my side, I think mageia should do a "mix" of
+    others idea.
+
+    I would say :
+    - A release every year.
+    - During this year, a way to update some popular stuff (firefox,
+    chrome, libreoffice...)
+    - During this year also a way to add some new package if needed or
+    if there is some instant success for a new software.
+
+    Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be maintain
+    for 4 years.
+
+    So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode :
+    - The LTS
+    - The common release
+    - The cauldron.
+
+
+
+I completely agree with this. There is no real need to rush releases as 
+long as new versions are easily available. I know backports repo is 
+available but its not very user friendly. As an example, the newer 
+versions of Openshot video editor have a very nice feature of being able 
+to do animated titles. To be able to use them you need Blender 2.5. 
+Whilst Mageia includes Openshot 1.3.1 (which errors with missing plugins 
+btw) which at time of writing is current it still has Blender 2.49b.
+
+It would be useful if there were a nice user friendly way to upgrade 
+Blender when it is backported. Something to let ordinary users know a 
+newer version is available and a simple click to upgrade it.
+
+LTS releases in Ubuntu IMHO are a great idea and one which would add 
+value to mageia as a potential server/business OS where stability over 
+time is crucial.
+
+I dont think Joe Bloggs really cares about a 6 monthly distribution 
+upgrade, only that new versions of the software they use are easily 
+obtainable in the mean time and won't break the distribution upgrade 
+when it comes around.
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