... I wold go for the 9 mo cycle (most probably I will use cauldron for myself ;) ) 9 mo release gives enoug time for developers and its not so long time (for me, my wifes pregnancy went so quckly :) ) and for users with a need for a longer support LTS. I dont remember who said it but I liked the idea that we decide wich release will be LTS. Another thing ... for me A new "release" devides into two. First - upgraded software, KDE, GNOME, LibO, kernel etc. software that is not made by Mageia developers and second software that is made by Mageia developers drak* etc. For me the real value of distro comes from these tools wich are made by distro developers. There where lots of Mandriva releases with no noticeable changes in Mandriva tools. So the 9 mo release will give more time to make better / bugfree distro specific tools.
-- A. Kaaber
