Le mardi 14 juin 2011 à 23:20 +0200, Samuel Verschelde a écrit : > Le mardi 14 juin 2011 20:00:39, Anne nicolas a écrit : > > 2011/6/14 Wolfgang Bornath <molc...@googlemail.com> > > > > > 2011/6/14 Anne nicolas <enn...@mageia.org>: > > > > I guess because of Mandriva policy. We did provide backports but it was > > > > explicitely said to be unsupported. "Use it at your own risks" > > > > We may have to rewrite this and make things clear > > > > > > Do you mean, just telling people that it is no risk or do you mean a > > > change which lessens the risk? > > > > not at all > > > > > As Michael wrote earlier in this thread, if there was the risk to > > > break the system by low quality of backports then the quality has to > > > be improved (not his own words but that's how I understood it). > > > > > exactly what I had in mind. Having backports can allow choice between > > "the last version of" and "the stable version with which I'm happy > > with". But indeed we need more quality in backport rpms that is policy and > > tests. > > Few words could make me more happy about the potential future status of our > backports. And if backports have a bad reputation among our users, maybe we > should rename updates to "maintenance updates" and backports to "feature > updates" ?
Provided it doesn't requires changes of the layout of the mirrors, yes. -- Michael Scherer