[Mageia-dev] Release Notes - reminder

Thu May 26 14:42:56 CEST 2011

2011/5/26 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
+> 2011/5/25 Bruno Cornec <Bruno.Cornec at hp.com>:
+>> Thomas Backlund said on Wed, May 25, 2011 at 04:37:19PM +0300:
+>>
+>>> Mondo package got properly epoched ~2 weeks ago:
+>>> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/mondo/current/SPECS/mondo.spec?r1=75254&r2=96498
+>>
+>> Why do we start a new distro then, if it's to reproduce the errors made
+>> in the previous one ?
+>>
+>>> 1. we promise people an upgrade path from 2010.1/2
+>>
+>> They still have an upgrade path, and that wasn't raising an error.
+>>
+>>> 2. rpm/urpmi/rpmdrake does not read release notes
+>>>    (same goes for many endusers)
+>>
+>> I disagree. THat's one of the most important reading when I go from RHEL
+>> 5.x to 5.x+1, between Mandriva, Mageia or whatever distro I'm using.
+>>
+>> It's much more easy to point people to a link and tell them to read, to
+>> solve their issue/question.
+>>
+>>> 3. we dont do exceptions for package(r)s
+>>
+>> Life is plenty of exceptions. And there are times when there are good
+>> reasons to do them. Creating a new distro is not a task you'll do next
+>> week again. Thinking to fix what was wrong in the previous one was IMO
+>> more important than ensuring that level of upgrade path for a couple of
+>> users of a package.
+>>
+>> I especially took time to discuss that point with Anne before taking any
+>> decision and documented it
+>> (http://brunocornec.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/considerations-on-mondorescue-packaging-for-mageia/)
+>>
+>> I'm a bit disappointed that no real discussion/vote/choice was made
+>> publicly.
+>
+> This is an open system. You (as an interested person) could have
+> started this public discussion any time. Of course, starting it a
+> couple of days before release may be a bit late.
+>
+
+hi wobo
+
+Discussion was started some weeks ago IIRC
+
+> --
+> wobo
+>
+
+
+
+-- 
+Anne
+http://www.mageia.org
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