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    From Doug Laidlaw@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 26 11:13:11 2020
    https://blog.mageia.org/en/2020/05/25/chronicle-in-may/

    It simply is not there. The progress chart shows that Alpha 1 will not
    be available for another 3 weeks at the earliest. There is no link to a
    CD. The only download of 8 that is offered is a Network install, just
    like it has been for months.

    Seriously, this is like Mandriva all over again. I am still using
    Mageia 7.1 for routine jobs, but for anything special, I am now looking
    at PCLOS.

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  • From Doug Laidlaw@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 26 11:17:38 2020
    On 26/5/20 8:13 pm, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
    https://blog.mageia.org/en/2020/05/25/chronicle-in-may/

    It simply is not there. The progress chart shows that Alpha 1 will not
    be available for another 3 weeks at the earliest. There is no link to a
    CD. The only download of 8 that is offered is a Network install, just
    like it has been for months.

    Seriously, this is like Mandriva all over again.  I am still using
    Mageia 7.1 for routine jobs, but for anything special, I am now looking
    at PCLOS.

    and I know what you lot will say: Trump's line: "News like that only
    upsets the users. Tell them that everything is under control." even
    when, pretty obviously, it isn't.

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  • From Bit Twister@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 26 12:22:59 2020
    On Tue, 26 May 2020 20:13:11 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:

    Seriously, this is like Mandriva all over again.

    I have no idea what you are talking about.

    https://blog.mageia.org/en/2020/05/25/chronicle-in-may/

    It simply is not there.

    Exactly WHAT are you bitching about?

    The progress chart shows that Alpha 1 will not
    be available for another 3 weeks at the earliest.

    Well there you are, no release iso to download. IIRC those
    Alpha/Beta releases are just for people who want to do QA testing.

    There is no link to a CD.

    Personally I hate dangling/dead links that point to non-existent
    items and is usually a good design decision to not have a dead link
    in a web page.

    The only download of 8 that is offered is a Network install, just
    like it has been for months.

    True, but iso is updated as needed. Just did a net install yesterday
    using the 105M May 21 11:55 Mageia-Cauldron-netinstall-nonfree-x86_64.iso

    Going to guess the schedule is going to slip even more since I
    see numerous mga7 rpms still yet to be generated as mga 8. and one
    of the mailing list indicated another major contributor of the Mageia
    community workforce (TMB) has gone offline. :(


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  • From David W. Hodgins@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 26 12:49:13 2020
    On Tue, 26 May 2020 06:17:38 -0400, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:

    On 26/5/20 8:13 pm, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
    https://blog.mageia.org/en/2020/05/25/chronicle-in-may/

    It simply is not there. The progress chart shows that Alpha 1 will not
    be available for another 3 weeks at the earliest. There is no link to a
    CD. The only download of 8 that is offered is a Network install, just
    like it has been for months.

    Seriously, this is like Mandriva all over again. I am still using
    Mageia 7.1 for routine jobs, but for anything special, I am now looking
    at PCLOS.

    and I know what you lot will say: Trump's line: "News like that only
    upsets the users. Tell them that everything is under control." even
    when, pretty obviously, it isn't.

    Obviously the question mark in the topic of the blog post wasn't clear enough. The post was not intended to say Mageia 8 is available. It was intended to answer
    the question of when when it is expected to be available.

    Sorry for any confusion.

    Regards, Dave Hodgins

    --
    Change dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org to davidwhodgins@teksavvy.com for
    email replies.

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  • From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 26 19:52:28 2020
    On 2020-05-26, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:
    https://blog.mageia.org/en/2020/05/25/chronicle-in-may/

    It simply is not there. The progress chart shows that Alpha 1 will not
    be available for another 3 weeks at the earliest. There is no link to a
    CD. The only download of 8 that is offered is a Network install, just
    like it has been for months.

    Mageia 8 is NOT READY. Why are you bitching. Esp with corona and some of
    the volunteers probably being sick, yes things might be delayed.

    There is no CD for a Cauldron. It changes too fast.


    Seriously, this is like Mandriva all over again. I am still using
    Mageia 7.1 for routine jobs, but for anything special, I am now looking
    at PCLOS.

    And what is wrong with Mageia 7.1? It is receiving updates and security updates. What are you quetching about?

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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Wed May 27 12:50:55 2020
    On 5/26/20 2:52 PM, William Unruh wrote:
    On 2020-05-26, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@hotkey.net.au> wrote:


    Seriously, this is like Mandriva all over again. I am still using
    Mageia 7.1 for routine jobs, but for anything special, I am now looking
    at PCLOS.

    And what is wrong with Mageia 7.1? It is receiving updates and security updates. What are you quetching about?

    Agreed. Mageia 7 (OK, if you must, 7.1) is rock-solid for me, even on
    the machines I use for testing updates. I use it for everything.

    The only thing I do with my Cauldron install at this point is look in on
    it once in a while, getting the latest round of updates.

    TJ

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