[Mageia-dev] Updating a new install is too long...

[Pascal Terjan]

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 15:47, Florian Hubold <doktor5000 at arcor.de> wrote:
> Am 27.10.2011 16:02, schrieb Pierre Jarillon:
>>
>> Mageia 1 is a nice distribution and I install it on more and more PC.
>> But updating after an install is very long, too much long.
>> Now, 600 packages must be updated after an install. This shows a good
>> health
>> of Mageia but it is too much for users.
>> My ADSL link is not very fast and a lot of people use a slower link.
>>
>> A workaround is necessary. There are two path:
>> 1- publish each month a new iso: mageia-1a, mageia-1b, and so on
>> 2- create an iso with updates: mageia-1-upd01, ...
>> In each case, the sources of packages must be updated.
>>
> You will find the volunteers who will join QA team to do
> the necessary quality assurance for the additional ISOs?

Each month is not really feasible, as I believe it takes one week of
work to build and test an iso.
Doing it every 3 or 6 months could be a good idea