Fwd: What "upgrade" matrix is expected in 2012?

Try #2 … first bounced.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Jeffrey Johnson <[email protected]>
> Subject: What "upgrade" matrix is expected in 2012?
> Date: January 22, 2012 12:47:00 PM EST
> To: [email protected]
> 
> This is a very tricky question to ask on January 22 … can't be helped.
> 
> Mandriva users have certain expectations related to "upgrade"
> from older version of the operating system.
> 
> What "upgrade" matrix should be planned for in 2012?
> 
> Obvious candidates are
> 
> 	2010.2 -> 2011 -> 2012
> 
> And there is a Mandriva "business" promise still current that
> may lead to a need for
> 
> 	MES5 -> MES6
> 
> There's certainly ongoing efforts to release security fixes for
> existing Mandriva releases (see @lwn.net, oden is clearly busy).
> 
> There are trickier issues that MIGHT be also added to
> an upgrade QA matrix so that the M & M fork continues to permit
> user choice (and "upgrade" inter-operability) to the greatest extent
> possible.
> 
> Please note that I don't give a hoot about M&M&R politics, only the engineering.
> 
> If some transition is to be included in an "upgrade" matrix, then there
> are resources and planning and prioritization that will determine
> what "upgrade" matrix is actually chosen that are entirely out of scope
> for the question I am asking here:
> 
> 	What "upgrade" matrix is expected for 2012?
> 
> But there needs to be an explicit answer before other tasks can begin.
> 
> hth
> 
> 73 de Jeff