On 5 October 2010 16:21, Olivier Méjean <[email protected]> wrote: > Le mardi 5 octobre 2010 15:47:20, Ahmad Samir a écrit : >> On 5 October 2010 15:28, Tux99 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Personally I think the way Mandriva maintains both updates and backports >> > for each release is a waste of resources. >> >> How is it a waste? >> >> A practical example is the college professor / school teacher (see >> Fernando Parra post a few emails back); he doesn't want to upgrade the >> boxes in the lab, he doesn't care if they have the newest/shiniest >> versions, just that the distro is stable and works(tm). The same >> applies for a company, servers... etc. We aren't talking only about >> personal boxes that can break without too much drastic consequences. > > No need to update. What on earth is that feeling that a rolling distro forces > users to update ?
Really? they wouldn't be interested in security updates at all? >> >> Again a rolling distro is something that's not clearly defined. And to >> be honest, a rolling distro isn't suitable for new or inexperienced >> users. Simply because you can't guarantee that a new package won't >> introduce regressions (or totally break an app), in this case an >> experienced user will know how to revert to an older version, a new or >> inexperienced user won't. >> >> Look at the rolling distros that've been mentioned, Debian or Gentoo, >> right? would anyone recommend Debian or Gentoo for a >> new/inexperienced/non-power user? > > PCLinuxOS is a rolling distro and is to inexperienced users. > > Olivier > And nothing breaks? no critical apps get broken in that model? Personally I haven't use PCLinuxOS before, so can't tell for sure; my guess would be yes, stuff break because new versions are prone to introduce regressions. Note that this happens in cooker, which is indeed a rolling distro. -- Ahmad Samir
