Monthly Archives: November 2014

Let’s say goodbye to Mageia 3

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Rémi Verschelde

It’s been a great run, but all good things must end. Or at least, upgrade to a greater thing. Since Mageia 3 was released in May 2013 our packaging and security teams have provided hundreds of updates (actually 1136 source packages … Continue reading →

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As Philae, Mageia 3 is running out of batteries…

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Anne Nicolas

As you all know, we can’t maintain Mageia releases forever. And it’s time to say goodbye to Mageia 3. After Wednesday the 26th of November, this release won’t benefit from any more security or bugfix updates. This will allow QA … Continue reading →

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The Long and Winding Road

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Rémi Verschelde

Well, it’s been a long road, longer than we anticipated, but we’re almost there! Mageia 5 Beta 1 is now validated! What exactly does that mean? What took so long (a month and a half longer than originally planned)? RPM … Continue reading →

Posted in alpha, community, Mageia, packager, QA, release, test | 14 Comments