On 5 October 2010 17:36, Tux99 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Quote: Ahmad Samir wrote on Tue, 05 October 2010 16:27 >> 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. > > Sure there can be breakages, but i have also experienced breakages (even > huges one like 2009.0 with kd4 updats completely uninstalling kde3 even > though kde 3 was still supported in 2009.0) with the mandriva model of > backported security fixes. > > Saying that the current mdv model is safer than a 'light' rolling model as > suggested in the previous posts is your personal opinion, not a fact. > >
A personal opinion based on facts. A rolling distro isn't a defined term, as Michael explained, now you add "light" to the equation and it becomes even more undefined. I said all I got to say on this topic, now I can wait and see how things turn out (my guess would be it'll stay the same, Cauldron a rolling/dev distro, and stable releases on predefined intervals, just my "personal" guess). -- Ahmad Samir
