[Mageia-dev] Release Notes - reminder

Thu May 26 17:27:22 CEST 2011

2011/5/26 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
+> 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
+>>
+>
+
+As a reminder, release notes are on a wiki. You can add yourself your
+contribution :)
+
+-- 
+Anne
+http://www.mageia.org
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