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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle?</H1>
    <B>Romain d'Alverny</B> 
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    <I>Thu Oct  7 17:15:45 CEST 2010</I>
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<PRE>On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 13:27, Samuel Verschelde &lt;<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">stormi at laposte.net</A>&gt; wrote:
&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> Le jeudi 7 octobre 2010 12:10:11, Romain d'Alverny a &#233;crit :
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> You describe quite what Kiosk was designed for (and what most App
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Store are nowadays anyway).
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> &gt; OK, buchan, how do we start ? Shall we put improvements proposals
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> &gt; (UI, website, ...) on the wiki, on <A HREF="http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=rollingdebate">http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=rollingdebate</A> ?
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> No, these are two different things. Above wiki page is for stating a
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> perceived problem, and detailing what people view should be (or not
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> be) done.
</I>&gt;&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> Stating the need for, and specifying/scratching a web-based (or
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> semi-web-based) UI for a socially augmented software library is
</I>&gt;&gt;<i> another thing.
</I>&gt;<i>
</I>&gt;<i> Well, it's different, but to me part of the debate on the release cycle. As Buchan
</I>&gt;<i> stated, better perception of backports by users could bring the benefits that
</I>&gt;<i> some people see in a rolling release. Plus, I'm not only talking about web-based
</I>&gt;<i> UI, but also rpmdrake improvements regarding backports.
</I>
Well, rpmdrake is a software library UI. Be it Web-based or not,
that's another issue.

I totally agree that the library contents and possibilities perception has to be
improved. At least that we need to clarify/simplify/change how
existing/new software
and updates/upgrades are presented to the user.

Maybe shifting from a strictly system-related point of view (current
rpmdrake UI)
to a more application/task/user-related one. Or maybe it's a deeper issue than
just presentation/UI (like really handling differently how software
gets integrated
and packaged on/above/within the operating system).

But I just don't know. And I believe we're several in this case.

It is just not clear at all that this discussion about &quot;rolling&quot; distro,
backports, etc. is directly linked to that.

So the above linked wiki page is about stating and nailing down the problem
several people here seem to agree there is:
 - first, make sure everyone speak about the same thing; so everyone should
   state her own point of view, detailed;
 - second, work this refined problem in depth, so that we see what is really
   the problem, and not only the symptoms;
 - third, once the problem is clearly stated, the solution(s) may be more
   obvious to see/discute/define.

Note that at this current stage of discussion, it may as well be that there are
_several_ issues mixed as one. So we could as well split the problem into
relevant parts.

&gt;<i> However, if you think we shouldn't put an entry saying &quot;no rolling release,
</I>&gt;<i> but improve current backports scheme, see proposal below&quot;, I won't do it.
</I>
You can too. But then let's make sure this is related to the discussion (it may,
I am not sure) and then, let's define the bigger picture that links all this
together (would need a separate section in the wiki page then, or yet another
page to state the big view of the issue).


Romain
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