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Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:32:56 -0500 From: Fernando Parra <gato2...@yahoo.com.mx> Newsgroups: mageia-dev@mageia.org Subject: Re: How will be the realese cycle? On Mon, 4 Oct 2010 20:01:33 -0500 Juan Luis Baptiste <juan.baptiste-re5jqeeqqe8avxtiumw...@public.gmane.org> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Fernando Parra > <gato2707-/e1597as9lqgxttpemx...@public.gmane.org> 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 > Maybe backports are funny for a user with more experience than a regular one, but if we are trying to maintain a user friendly distro, We must improve in the things that they really ask us. One of the regular questions I received when install a linux distro is: "But I really need to upgrade all my OS, if I only want the new version of my Office Suite?" Let me remind you, The privative OS don't have this model, in them the users can install a new version of their favourite software as they want (or pay it). This is true at least as a Mayor upgrade at the OS, and in some cases the compatibility are maintained. I understand that it could be a technical problem, for that reason I proposed packages developed by other's different than gnome and kde. Send me a light in my ignorance, could you install any new version of OOO downloading the packages directly from de OOO site without meaning the distro version (except of course when occurs a mayor upgrade at their main pieces, kernel by example)? Saludos desde México -- <gato2...@yahoo.com.mx> -- Fernando Parra <gato2...@yahoo.com.mx>
