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   <H1>[Mageia-dev] Release Notes - reminder</H1>
    <B>Bruno Cornec</B> 
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    <I>Wed May 25 18:11:10 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>Thomas Backlund said on Wed, May 25, 2011 at 04:37:19PM +0300:

&gt;<i> Mondo package got properly epoched ~2 weeks ago:
</I>&gt;<i> <A HREF="http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/mondo/current/SPECS/mondo.spec?r1=75254&amp;r2=96498">http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/mondo/current/SPECS/mondo.spec?r1=75254&amp;r2=96498</A>
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Why do we start a new distro then, if it's to reproduce the errors made
in the previous one ?

&gt;<i> 1. we promise people an upgrade path from 2010.1/2
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They still have an upgrade path, and that wasn't raising an error.

&gt;<i> 2. rpm/urpmi/rpmdrake does not read release notes
</I>&gt;<i>    (same goes for many endusers)
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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.

&gt;<i> 3. we dont do exceptions for package(r)s
</I>
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
(<A HREF="http://brunocornec.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/considerations-on-mondorescue-packaging-for-mageia/">http://brunocornec.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/considerations-on-mondorescue-packaging-for-mageia/</A>)

I'm a bit disappointed that no real discussion/vote/choice was made
publicly.
Bruno.
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