dave wrote:I think the best way is to have two repositories, one not rolling and an another one rolling. So you might meet the needs of all users. This way is like the opensuse tumbleweed repo.
dave wrote:I think the best way is to have two repositories, one not rolling and an another one rolling. So you might meet the needs of all users. This way is like the opensuse tumbleweed repo.
dave wrote:... and cauldron isn't so stable.
House wrote:But "rolling releases" are unstable by design. That's the whole point: they sacrifice stability for trendiness. Rolling release is for hobbyists, tinkerers, and people who are willing to risk breakage.
House wrote:But "rolling releases" are unstable by design.
jkerr82508 wrote:House wrote:But "rolling releases" are unstable by design.
....................................... If Mageia decided to be a rolling release, then tested packages could be moved to the stable repositories as soon as testing was completed, rather than waiting until the next scheduled distro release date.
Jim
House wrote:But "rolling releases" are unstable by design.
wobo wrote:I am sure users of Arch Linux will be happy to hear this news.
House wrote:wobo wrote:I am sure users of Arch Linux will be happy to hear this news.
You're making my point for me. Arch is the ultimate tinkerers distro.
I don't think so. We are talking about a stable usable and "regular" distribution here, not a developper branch.segfault wrote:Mageia cooker IS a rolling distro and it has all the ingredients for tinkerers, including but not limited to absolute up-to-date packages and occasional stability issues. So you can have them both: a stable Mageia released every 6 months and a rolling Mageia. You choose.
Yes.xyzzy wrote:It appears people are using "rolling release" in a few different ways.
Yes, of course. That's why this discussion is just for gathering input for now. As I wrote at the beginning of this thread, the developpers and packagers are up to their ears focussed on Mageia 1 - there's no room for distraction now.Let us also not forget that at this time the Mageia team is small, and to do a "tested" rolling release is a very big workload as ideally each package and each group of packages must be tested before release. I think this is not practical unless many more people help.
segfault wrote:So you can have them both: a stable Mageia released every 6 months and a rolling Mageia. You choose.
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