[Mageia-dev] please stop doing "bugs" for updating magia 1

Wed Jan 11 08:57:41 CET 2012

On Wednesday, 11 January 2012 06:32:50 Johnny A. Solbu wrote:
+> On Wednesday 11 January 2012 03:28, Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz wrote:
+> > I mean, stop asking updates for mageia 1 just because there is another
+> > newversion.
+> 
+> May I suggest that next time, say it in so many words.
+> 
+> Some of us are not good at reading between the lines, and your original
+> post was written in a way that indicated that it was not clear on that you
+> where talking about just what you said you where talking about in your
+> last post. :-)=
+> 
+> 
+> And I agree with you. Updating packages in a released product just because
+> a new version is out is not a valid reason by itself. If on the other hand
+> it fixes some bugs or security holes, it's worth considering.
+
+Resolving the backports situation would however provide a means for users who 
+want to track upstream (for various reasons, such as being able to get support 
+from upstreams who don't really want to support 'historic' releases) without:
+1)Forcing all users to get the update
+2)Requiring excessive QA work
+3)Requiring bug reports for each update
+
+Regards,
+Buchan
+