>> So a one year release cycle with lots of app backports (and maybe a kernel >> backport mid-cycle if there is important new hardware support) is IMHO the >> best release cycle for 'normal' users.
Just take a look to Windows XP users. Almost 10 years of bugfixes and patches almost without any mayor change in the OS. But XP is still on the road. And it's because you can have the latest software "and" hardware in your ten years old OS. I'm not saying that Mageia should last ten years. But IMHO that "XP case" is a valid example. Cheers! Gustavo Giampaoli (aka tavillo1980)
