There has been a lengthy debate about users' wishes for the Mageia release cycle, but one important voice has been missing from this debate: the collective voice of the devs who will be responsible for producing the releases.
Before we start having polls and surveys, it would be useful to hear from our devs. I'm hoping that they have already been communicating with one another in the background (IRC? private emails?) and working out what can actually be done. As this is supposed to be a community-based distro, why do I think that the devs' opinion is so important? (a) They are the ones with the experience, they know how many person-hours it will take to produce a releasable version of Mageia. (b) They are the ones who know how many hours they each have available to personally commit to Mageia - some may be able to work full-time on Mageia, others will have other work or family commitments, and even those who can work full-time on Mageia will occasionally need to sleep and eat! We have two targets: 1) A cauldron version for experienced users to test, and 2) A stable (as much as possible!) version for less experienced end-users. So, devs, please draw on your experience and your knowledge, and tell us what will actually be possible. -- Margot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Otford Ducks Computers** We teach, you learn... ...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~