Re: [Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-20 Thread Mohan R
On Fri, 2013-09-20 at 11:26 +0530, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: This is an interesting point. And, I'd like to understand how often do you have libraries which are not packaged and available in your distribution. Its not about package-ing, its about re-installing. for example, I installed

[Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-19 Thread Priyanka Sarkar
Dear All, We thought of coming up a good story on the distro release time span. Our question is 'With many distros going for a six-monthly release cycle, do you think the release cycles of distros are too short? (And users don't have to upgrade on a frequent basis?) ' What do you think on

Re: [Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-19 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Priyanka Sarkar efyed...@efyindia.com wrote: We thought of coming up a good story on the distro release time span. Our question is 'With many distros going for a six-monthly release cycle, do you think the release cycles of distros are too short? (And users

Re: [Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-19 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Priyanka Sarkar efyed...@efyindia.com wrote: Dear All, We thought of coming up a good story on the distro release time span. Our question is 'With many distros going for a six-monthly release cycle, do you think the release cycles of distros are

Re: [Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-19 Thread Guruprasad
Hi Priyanka, Here are my thoughts on this subject. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Priyanka Sarkar efyed...@efyindia.com wrote: Dear All, We thought of coming up a good story on the distro release time span. Our question is 'With many distros going for a six-monthly release cycle, do you

Re: [Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-19 Thread Mohan R
On Fri, 2013-09-20 at 07:59 +0530, A. Mani wrote: Sabayon releases often, but it follows a rolling release model and that is always better. Arch Linux again follows a rolling release model. PCLinuxOS, Mageia need an year. Thats one hell of a reason I'm on sabayon. In my openion, 1) If you

Re: [Ilugc] Distro release cycle

2013-09-19 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Mohan R mohan...@gmail.com wrote: Its perfectly suitable for developers who don't want to reinstall their hard-to-find-library-packages again-and-again. This is an interesting point. And, I'd like to understand how often do you have libraries which are not