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

[Ahmad Samir]

On 7 October 2010 03:59, andré <andr55 at laposte.net> wrote:
> Ahmad Samir a écrit :
>>
>> On 6 October 2010 05:02, Fernando Parra<gato2707 at yahoo.com.mx>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:47:20 +0200
>>> Ahmad Samir<ahmadsamir3891-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 5 October 2010 15:28,
>>>> Tux99<tux99-mga-ju+53DPtYRFAfugRpC6u6w at public.gmane.org>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally I think the way Mandriva maintains both updates and
>>>>> backports
>>>>> for each release is a waste of resources.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How is it a waste?
>>>>
>>>> A practical example is the college professor / school teacher (see
>>>> Fernando Parra post a few emails back); he doesn't want to upgrade the
>>>> boxes in the lab, he doesn't care if they have the newest/shiniest
>>>> versions, just that the distro is stable and works(tm). The same
>>>> applies for a company, servers... etc. We aren't talking only about
>>>> personal boxes that can break without too much drastic consequences.
>>>>
>>>
>>> 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 didn't mean to put words in your mouth; I wasn't talking about you
>> in particular but about school/university computer labs case in
>> general.
>>
>> And what I posted doesn't contradict "I need the latest version of
>> some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6 months."; I am
>> pro backports repos (when possible), but not a rolling distro model.
>>
>
> Exactly,  Fernando, you can install the distro release every 12, 18 or 24
> months if you wish.
> Just ensure to make security and other bug fixes on a regular basis, and any
> backports and other updates you would like, in the interim.
> Stable distro releases every 6 months will make Mageia more stable than a
> rolling distro, with less effort.
>
> - André (andre999)
>

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-- 
Ahmad Samir