2010/10/6 vfmBOFH <[email protected]> > > > 2010/10/1 atilla ontas <[email protected]> > >> I'm just wondering if we follow Mandriva's release cycle model. Every >> 6th months a release or one year and one release. I think we should >> make one release in one year. By doing so devs and translators won't >> be in rush in every 6 months. Also there are major changes like >> systemd/upstart; those system related things will be more mature in a >> year to use. It makes the distro more stable and decraese mirrors >> space waste. >> >> One more thing. Do we follow Mandriva's release naming scheme? I.e. do >> we call our first release 2011.x ? I don't like this naming scheme and >> suggesting using number of release as naming like Mageia 1.0 or using >> code names. >> >> What's your opinion? >> > > Hi all. > > At this time, there is a survey asking to the blogdrake's community what > kind of release cycle they prefer. This survey will be active until the > weekend and I think this could be an acceptable look about community > preferences. > > We must keep on mind we're creating a user-oriented distro, so we must be > stay in touch about their preferences. > > Cheers > > Hi all again.
As i said, there's the results of the poll published in Blogdrake: 58% of votes are for maintain the same mandriva's release cycle scheme (same scheme, not parallel releases) There are several opinions about the periodicity of the releases: six months, eight months, annual... all options are more or less the same level of preference. 24% has chosen the "Rolling-light" model. as in the traditional model, there are opinions that support the annual release, six months or eight months. But this option, is dominated by the annual release of the "core". 15% supports the "pure-Rolling" model. There's nothing to say about release dates. Surprisingly, there is also a minority support to a model similar to the "Debian way". I must confess that this last option on the poll was started as a joke, because Blogdrake's members often suffer "versionitis". But there are the votes (3%)... So, these are the results of the survey. Apparently, the Blogdrake's community is closer to a model "release + backports". I think it should be noted (as far as possible) the preferences of the community, in addition to technical and logistical constraints. Maybe with similar polls in other local communities? Cheers.
