Re: [Cooker] Mandrake-Connectiva merger and the 2006 release

[Fabrice FACORAT]

Le Lundi 12 Septembre 2005 21:26, Erwin Van de Velde a écrit :
> Dear all,
>
> Now the new release approaches, I have read some of the press releases
> about the merger of Mandrake and Connectiva again. The new release does not
> seem that new at all in comparison with those texts: e.g.
>
> "The transitional version will be called "Limited Edition 2005". Later, by
> fall of this year, the new boxed "2006" release will fully integrate
> Conectiva technology and Mandrakesoft online services into a new product."
> --   New Mandrakelinux Roadmap for 2005, new version naming scheme
> (2005-03-21)
>
> I can't help but there just does not seem to be any integration of
> Connectiva into Mandrake. Though I never used Connectiva, I think I would
> recognize some serious changes. Instead, I only see minor enhancements and
> nothing new and exciting. The only merger I can see, is that of the
> Connectiva users with those of Mandrake. This is rather disappointing, as I
> hoped to see some new (and perhaps better) tools. Was Connectiva that bad
> or lacking of any own tools or did the developers just dump Connectiva
> completely because it was the easiest way to go (no offense intended :-) )?


see :
- smart that can be used for Mandriva
- new theme for webmin ( taken from Connectiva one )
- ash static usage ( instead of previous mandriva one which was dynamic and 
way bigger )
- task packages ( task-kde, etc ... )
- usage of subversion and new build system for KDE packages ( testing 
actually )

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