Ahmad Samir a écrit :
On 6 October 2010 05:02, Fernando Parra<[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:47:20 +0200
Ahmad Samir<[email protected]> wrote:
On 5 October 2010 15:28,
Tux99<[email protected]> wrote:
Personally I think the way Mandriva maintains both updates and backports
for each release is a waste of resources.
How is it a waste?
A practical example is the college professor / school teacher (see
Fernando Parra post a few emails back); he doesn't want to upgrade the
boxes in the lab, he doesn't care if they have the newest/shiniest
versions, just that the distro is stable and works(tm). The same
applies for a company, servers... etc. We aren't talking only about
personal boxes that can break without too much drastic consequences.
Please don't write words in my name, I never wrote something like that,
security and stability are as important to as for an any other user, but I need
the latest version of some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6
months.
I didn't mean to put words in your mouth; I wasn't talking about you
in particular but about school/university computer labs case in
general.
And what I posted doesn't contradict "I need the latest version of
some programs, without upgrade all the distro every 6 months."; I am
pro backports repos (when possible), but not a rolling distro model.
Exactly, Fernando, you can install the distro release every 12, 18 or
24 months if you wish.
Just ensure to make security and other bug fixes on a regular basis, and
any backports and other updates you would like, in the interim.
Stable distro releases every 6 months will make Mageia more stable than
a rolling distro, with less effort.
- André (andre999)
