May, I suggest that instead of planning your realeases based on the
supermarket timing, you base your release on major development of the
GNU/Linux platform...
So let's say 7.2 is KDE2
Next candidate is Gnome2 (January?)
Next candidate is Linux 2.4 (March?)
Next candidate is next XFree 4.0 (full support).
Next Candidate is Koffice
Next Candidate is StarOffice
Off course the GNU/Linux world do not care of time schedule, then in this
case you can release minor upgrades...
I also suggest that you should have an individual release package database,
where you will track the latest development number of a program compared to
the latest version number in the last release and cooker. You will be able
to keep track of what is old and needs work... This database will be all to
see and to suggest modifications. It will be also a good search engine of
capabilities...
This database can include security notices per package...
It is not RPM, because it is here to track a distro compared to development.
You can also add a bug database to it, where bug would be submitted to the
packager or developper for consideration. It will give you then a
knowledgebase of Linux for your phone support. And you will be able to sell
this knowledge base to everybody...
Just a few suggestions to make Mandrake even better.
Franck Martin
Database Development Officer
SOPAC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission
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-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Cottenceau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Matthew R. Sprague
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Sad state of pre-releasing to consumers
Mandrake Bugs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> on 10/30/00 6:44 PM, Matthew R. Sprague at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> 1. We has to put out this version due to very tight time schedule:
WalMart
> >> doesn't want any new products on the shelves from 1st of november,
> >> until mid january.
>
> Ah yes, very similar to Microsoft's marketing based on retail figures
> 'quality control' system.
>
> Sad development, but Mandrake is becoming more and more like Microsoft.
Oh, no, they got us. Now we can't hide anymore, too bad :-(.
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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
