[Mageia-dev] Release Notes - reminder

[Ahmad Samir]

On 26 May 2011 14:42, Anne nicolas <ennael at mageia.org> wrote:
> 2011/5/26 Wolfgang Bornath <molch.b at googlemail.com>:
>> 2011/5/25 Bruno Cornec <Bruno.Cornec at hp.com>:
>>> Thomas Backlund said on Wed, May 25, 2011 at 04:37:19PM +0300:
>>>
>>>> Mondo package got properly epoched ~2 weeks ago:
>>>> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/mondo/current/SPECS/mondo.spec?r1=75254&r2=96498
>>>
>>> Why do we start a new distro then, if it's to reproduce the errors made
>>> in the previous one ?
>>>
>>>> 1. we promise people an upgrade path from 2010.1/2
>>>
>>> They still have an upgrade path, and that wasn't raising an error.
>>>
>>>> 2. rpm/urpmi/rpmdrake does not read release notes
>>>>    (same goes for many endusers)
>>>
>>> I disagree. THat's one of the most important reading when I go from RHEL
>>> 5.x to 5.x+1, between Mandriva, Mageia or whatever distro I'm using.
>>>
>>> It's much more easy to point people to a link and tell them to read, to
>>> solve their issue/question.
>>>
>>>> 3. we dont do exceptions for package(r)s
>>>
>>> Life is plenty of exceptions. And there are times when there are good
>>> reasons to do them. Creating a new distro is not a task you'll do next
>>> week again. Thinking to fix what was wrong in the previous one was IMO
>>> more important than ensuring that level of upgrade path for a couple of
>>> users of a package.
>>>
>>> I especially took time to discuss that point with Anne before taking any
>>> decision and documented it
>>> (http://brunocornec.wordpress.com/2011/05/16/considerations-on-mondorescue-packaging-for-mageia/)
>>>
>>> I'm a bit disappointed that no real discussion/vote/choice was made
>>> publicly.
>>
>> This is an open system. You (as an interested person) could have
>> started this public discussion any time. Of course, starting it a
>> couple of days before release may be a bit late.
>>
>
> hi wobo
>
> Discussion was started some weeks ago IIRC
>
>> --
>> wobo
>>
>
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>
> --
> Anne
> http://www.mageia.org
>

And on this very ML
https://www.mageia.org/pipermail/mageia-dev/20110501/004326.html

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Ahmad Samir