[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion - messages from the forum

[lebarhon]

  by *pmithrandir 
<https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=359>* » 
Jun 13th, '11, 20:21
> 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 BTW : I think mailing list are totally outdated and that mageia should 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.
by *claire 
<https://forums.mageia.org/en/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=448>* » 
Jun 16th, '11, 14:27

    pmithrandir wrote: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.



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.

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.

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.

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.
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