[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle?

[Michael Scherer]

Le mercredi 06 octobre 2010 à 14:55 -0300, Gustavo Giampaoli a écrit :
> >> So a one year release cycle with lots of app backports (and maybe a kernel
> >> backport mid-cycle if there is important new hardware support) is IMHO the
> >> best release cycle for 'normal' users.
> 
> Just take a look to Windows XP users. Almost 10 years of bugfixes and
> patches almost without any mayor change in the OS. But XP is still on
> the road. And it's because you can have the latest software "and"
> hardware in your ten years old OS.
> 
> I'm not saying that Mageia should last ten years. But IMHO that "XP
> case" is a valid example.

Sure, when we will have the money of Microsoft, and the team they have
for QA, I am sure we will be able to do it too... 

And of course, when we will also have hardware maker that will provides
drivers. 
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Michael Scherer