[Mageia-dev] 26/01/2011 meeting

Wed Jan 26 18:26:41 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.
+
+ah ah : ) ok then, i've understood i can't try it : )
+> 
+> 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).
+> 
+
+ok, thank you for these infos 
+
+> Romain
+> 
+
+cheers,
+Marcello
+