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

Thu Jun 16 19:59:14 CEST 2011

Le 16/06/2011 19:57, lebarhon a écrit :
+>  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 BTW : I think mailing list are totally outdated and that mageia 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.
+by *roadrunner 
+<https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=468>* » 
+Jun 16th, '11, 15:35
+
+    claire wrote:
+
+        pmithrandir wrote: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.
+
+Speaking as a typical "Joe Bloggs", all I'm interested in is keeping my 
+applications up to date with the occasional distribution upgrade. I'm 
+not interested in regular release cycles because I feel that this leads 
+to "rush-jobs", which in turn, leads to bugs galore. I'm more interested 
+in a solid reliable distribution upgrade on the "it'll be ready when 
+it's ready" basis.
+
+.\\artin
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