[Mageia-dev] 26/01/2011 meeting

Wed Jan 26 16:45:41 CET 2011

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 16:35, Marcello Anni <marcello.anni at alice.it> wrote:
+>> > we will be able to create a LiveCD version of Mageia for this alpha
+> release?
+>> > this is really important as interested people that don't want problems may
+>> > want to try it and then install it only when a stable release is ready for
+>> > everyday use.
+>>
+>> As pointed out several times (and will be underlined in all
+>> announcements) this Alpha 1 is
+>>  - NOT a stable release
+>>  - NOT for the average user, it's a developper release
+>>  - NOT ready for everyday use
+>
+> in fact, a livecd version allow to keep the "funny" side of linux without
+> having any risk. so?
+
+Again, that's not the focus of this alpha release. We don't want
+people to try it around just to see what Mageia has in reserve,
+because they will be disappointed in this regard: take this alpha as
+an alpha-developer/packager-technical-raw-preview. It will be ugly. It
+will scare Santa Claus. It will make the rain vaporize. It may even
+break your neighbour's TV set.
+
+Moverover, for future alpha/beta/finale release, formats to be
+released (live, non-live, cd, dvd, other) _have to_ be specified on
+the release roadmap/features page (so obviously, there needs to be a
+discussion about this for the next alpha). And a livecd will be fine
+as soon as we near the final release (or maybe not, that's to be
+discussed).
+
+Romain
+