On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Fernando Parra <gato2...@yahoo.com.mx> wrote: > Could we have a different approach? > > As a computers professional I love the idea of upgrading my distro's version > every 6 months, but as a teacher, I simply can't do that, (maybe I only can > do that every two years) >
One would be the current community version to give it a name and the other one would be the long term release, like the corporate desktop/server of Mandriva. > But in my two personalities I want (and in determinated circumstances I > simply need them) some programs running in its latest versions > > A different approach could be a "light rolling distro", let me explain. A > distro with a selected number of programs updated regular as their new > versions are available. That's what backports are for, no need for a "light rolling distro", just contribute and help doing the backports for different Mageia versions if you really want them. That's what I do and it was one of the main reasons to become a contrib packager :) Cheers, -- Juancho