[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

[lebarhon]

 From *pmithrandir 
<https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=359>*  
on the forum

On my side, I think mageia should do a "mix" of others idea.

I would say :
- A release every year.
- During this year, a way to update some popular stuff (firefox, chrome, 
libreoffice...)
- During this year also a way to add some new package if needed or if 
there is some instant success for a new software.

Every 3 years, the release is LTS and that mean it would be maintain for 
4 years.

So at the same time, mageia would be in 3 mode :
- The LTS
- The common release
- The cauldron.

With that kind of stuff, you should have no more than one release for 
public at a time, and just one LTS.
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.

BTW : I think mailing list are totally outdated and that mageia should 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.
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.

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