From pmithrandir
on the forum
On my side, I think mageia should do a "mix" of others idea.
I would say :
- A release every year.
- During this year, a way to update some popular stuff (firefox,
chrome, libreoffice...)
- During this year also a way to add some new package if needed or
if there is some instant success for a new software.
Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be maintain
for 4 years.
So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode :
- The LTS
- The common release
- The cauldron.
With that kind of stuff, you should have no more than one release
for public at a time, and just one LTS.
If you update main software(we could define a list of no more than
20 software) people who are crasy about new function, or developper
who need tham to develop new stuff would be happy.
BTW : I think mailing list are totally outdated and that mageia
should have a special section in this forum for these discussion, or
maybe another forum.
It's totally impossible for people who want to participate sometimes
to follow you emails everydays. It's much faster to read some topic
on a forum than dozens emails. And your final user should be able to
know what happen easily. It would be a big + in front of others
distributions.