[Mageia-dev] Release Notes - reminder

Thu May 26 17:25:16 CEST 2011

On 26 May 2011 14:42, Anne nicolas <ennael at mageia.org> wrote:
+> 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
+>
+
+And on this very ML
+https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20110501/004326.html
+
+-- 
+Ahmad Samir
+