[Mageia-dev] Release Notes - reminder

[Anne nicolas]

2011/5/26 Ahmad Samir <ahmadsamir3891 at gmail.com>:
> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Anne
>> http://www.mageia.org
>>
>

As a reminder, release notes are on a wiki. You can add yourself your
contribution :)

-- 
Anne
http://www.mageia.org
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