[Mageia-dev] drupal - changes

Mon Oct 10 13:25:55 CEST 2011

Am Montag, 10. Oktober 2011, 13:04:01 schrieb Guillaume Rousse:
+> Le 10/10/2011 11:55, Oliver Burger a écrit :
+> > Rename drupal-7.x to drupal7 and name drupal-8.x drupal?
+> > This will lead to existing drupal installations being updated to the 8.x
+> > branch which will likely break loads of things.
+> 
+> What's the problem if it is documented, and non-destructive ? Also, you
+> can wait one or two release before changing default version.
+I think with server software like databases and cms we have to be aware of the 
+following thing:
+Many people do write software depending on it and mostly it takes quite some 
+work to adapt that software to new upstream versions.
+Just updating the database or cms may break your own software so you need some 
+time.
+That's why we do provide postgresql in versioned lines. And that's why Debian 
+as server distro is doing that with many of its software.
+I have seen at work, what kind of complexity aou do have when updating drupal 
+to a new major version (6 to 7 in that case) and I would prefer to have 
+several lines so people can continue running their software when upgrading 
+their distribution.
+Ok, the Mandriva way was not to do that - with exceptions like postgres - but 
+Debian and Fedora do it differently (as you have pointed out).
+In my opinion it's not sensible to keep to the Mandriva way just because it 
+was the Mandriva way and I haven't seen any logical arguments supporting the 
+Mandriva way, but I have seen logical arguments to adapt the Debian/Fedora 
+way.
+Note, I'm only talking about server software like databases and cms, which 
+tend to break things with new major versions, not everyday desktop software.
+
+Oliver
+