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<H1>[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle?</H1>
<B>Fernando Parra</B>
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<PRE>On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:47:20 +0200
Ahmad Samir <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">ahmadsamir3891-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org</A>> wrote:
><i> On 5 October 2010 15:28, Tux99 <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tux99-mga-ju+53DPtYRFAfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org</A>> wrote:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Personally I think the way Mandriva maintains both updates and backports
</I>><i> > for each release is a waste of resources.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i>
</I>><i> How is it a waste?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> A practical example is the college professor / school teacher (see
</I>><i> Fernando Parra post a few emails back); he doesn't want to upgrade the
</I>><i> boxes in the lab, he doesn't care if they have the newest/shiniest
</I>><i> versions, just that the distro is stable and works(tm). The same
</I>><i> applies for a company, servers... etc. We aren't talking only about
</I>><i> personal boxes that can break without too much drastic consequences.
</I>
Please don't write words in my name, I never wrote something like that, security and stability are as important to as for an any other user, but I need the latest version of some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6 months.
><i>
</I>><i> > I do agree that Mageia should be a semi-rolling distro.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > By "semi rolling distro" I mean the following:
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Release a distro every 8-12 months (the exact cyle is not the point I'm
</I>><i> > debating here, it could be 6 months too, it doesn't mater for the concept
</I>><i> > I'm trying to explain).
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Provide updates/security patches for all the basic stuff that has a lot of
</I>><i> > dependencies (kernel, core libs, kde, gnome, xorg, etc.).
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > Provide newer release rather than backported security patches for all other
</I>><i> > apps.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > In other words, backports (rather than backported security fixes) should be
</I>><i> > the rule for everything apart from the core system stuff that has loads of
</I>><i> > dependencies.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > This would reduce the space requirements on the mirrors and it would mean
</I>><i> > that Mageia is a "rolling distro" for most apps, making it more attractive
</I>><i> > compared to ubuntu/Fedora/opensuse and at the same time reduce the workload
</I>><i> > for packagers.
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> >
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Again a rolling distro is something that's not clearly defined. And to
</I>><i> be honest, a rolling distro isn't suitable for new or inexperienced
</I>><i> users. Simply because you can't guarantee that a new package won't
</I>><i> introduce regressions (or totally break an app), in this case an
</I>><i> experienced user will know how to revert to an older version, a new or
</I>><i> inexperienced user won't.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Look at the rolling distros that've been mentioned, Debian or Gentoo,
</I>><i> right? would anyone recommend Debian or Gentoo for a
</I>><i> new/inexperienced/non-power user?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> --
</I>><i> Ahmad Samir
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