Juan Luis Baptiste wrote: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Fernando Parra > <gato2...@yahoo.com.mx> wrote:
>> 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 :) I totally agree with both Juan Luis Baptiste and Buchan Milne. No rolling release! This is just a fancy word. But then, the "goals" of "rolling release" are already accomplished with the current Mandriva system, and I hope Mageia will keep this functionality: backports Probably, what needs to happen is to publicize more backports for advanced/cutting edge/rolling users instead of changing something that is not broken. Salut, Sinner