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Le 16/06/2011 19:57, lebarhon a écrit :
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by <strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=359">pmithrandir</a></strong>
» Jun 13th, '11, 20:21
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<div class="content">On my side, I think mageia should do a
"mix" of others idea.<br>
<br>
I would say : <br>
- A release every year.<br>
- During this year, a way to update some popular stuff
(firefox, chrome, libreoffice...)<br>
- During this year also a way to add some new package if
needed or if there is some instant success for a new software.<br>
<br>
Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be
maintain for 4 years.<br>
<br>
So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode : <br>
- The LTS<br>
- The common release<br>
- The cauldron.<br>
<br>
With that kind of stuff, you should have no more than one
release for public at a time, and just one LTS.<br>
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.<br>
<br>
BTW : I think mailing list are totally outdated and that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.<br>
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.</div>
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by <strong><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=448">claire</a></strong>
» Jun 16th, '11, 14:27
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<div><cite>pmithrandir wrote:</cite>On my side, I think mageia
should do a "mix" of others idea.<br>
<br>
I would say : <br>
- A release every year.<br>
- During this year, a way to update some popular stuff
(firefox, chrome, libreoffice...)<br>
- During this year also a way to add some new package if
needed or if there is some instant success for a new
software.<br>
<br>
Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be
maintain for 4 years.<br>
<br>
So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode : <br>
- The LTS<br>
- The common release<br>
- The cauldron.<br>
</div>
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<br>
<br>
I completely agree with this. There is no real need to rush
releases as long as new versions are easily available. I know
backports repo is available but its not very user friendly. As
an example, the newer versions of Openshot video editor have a
very nice feature of being able to do animated titles. To be
able to use them you need Blender 2.5. Whilst Mageia includes
Openshot 1.3.1 (which errors with missing plugins btw) which at
time of writing is current it still has Blender 2.49b.<br>
<br>
It would be useful if there were a nice user friendly way to
upgrade Blender when it is backported. Something to let ordinary
users know a newer version is available and a simple click to
upgrade it.<br>
<br>
LTS releases in Ubuntu IMHO are a great idea and one which would
add value to mageia as a potential server/business OS where
stability over time is crucial.<br>
<br>
I dont think Joe Bloggs really cares about a 6 monthly
distribution upgrade, only that new versions of the software
they use are easily obtainable in the mean time and won't break
the distribution upgrade when it comes around.</div>
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by <strong><a
href="https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=468">roadrunner</a></strong>
» Jun 16th, '11, 15:35
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<div><cite>claire wrote:</cite>
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<div><cite>pmithrandir wrote:</cite>I dont think Joe Bloggs
really cares about a 6 monthly distribution upgrade, only
that new versions of the software they use are easily
obtainable in the mean time and won't break the
distribution upgrade when it comes around.</div>
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Speaking as a typical "Joe Bloggs", all I'm interested in is
keeping my applications up to date with the occasional
distribution upgrade. I'm not interested in regular release cycles
because I feel that this leads to "rush-jobs", which in turn,
leads to bugs galore. I'm more interested in a solid reliable
distribution upgrade on the "it'll be ready when it's ready"
basis.<br>
<br>
.\\artin</div>
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