Le mercredi 06 octobre 2010 à 14:55 -0300, Gustavo Giampaoli a écrit : > >> 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.
Sure, when we will have the money of Microsoft, and the team they have for QA, I am sure we will be able to do it too... And of course, when we will also have hardware maker that will provides drivers. -- Michael Scherer
