Beta 8.10 released

[claydoh]

On Saturday 04 October 2008 10:29:56 am Billie Walsh wrote:
> On 10/04/2008 Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> >  Hi all,
> >
> >  On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Billie Walsh <bilwalsh at swbell.net>
> >
> >  wrote:
> >  > > I don't think you can really blame it on (K)Ubuntu, or maybe
> >
> >  shouldn't.
> >
> >  > > After all, the Kubuntu team did release 8.04 in both flavors of
> >
> >  KDE.
> >
> >  > > They should get some thanks for that.
> >  > >
> >  > > IMHO, the problem stems from the KDE devel team.
> >
> >  That is simply _not_ true! If you read planetkde.org, you would be
> >  aware that there has been quite some criticism about distributions
> >  rushing into KDE 4 before 4.2. So the blame is entirely on the
> >  distributors side.
>
> No, I feel like it's up to KDE. Why else would you make something that
> is obviously a beta, or "RC" at best, the "Release". They rushed the
> release to meet distro deadlines. (K)Ubuntu realized it wasn't ready for
> prime time so declined to make 8.04 and LTS and released with both
> versions of KDE. Whether 4.1.1 is ready for prime time  and should be
> the only (K)Ubuntu release, well............................
>
> --
> Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans.

No, Canonical, not the Kubuntu developers, decided on Kubuntu not being LTS..

In the FOSS world, how do get ready for the prime time? By having people USE 
the 'product'.

In terms of Kubuntu, you have the most stable version of Ubuntu, the most 
stable version of KDE in 8.04 (LTS or not, this is still true. And don't 
forget, LTS means *security* updates for 3 years). Then you release the next 
version with the new desktop while the previous desktop still has support. AND 
provide the new desktop to 8.04 users as well. That's how you get to a rock-
solid base.

Anyone remember the problems in Edgy, Feisty or Gutsy with all the underhood 
changes going on there?

As Myriam noted earlier, non-LTS releases are meant to be bleeding edge.
-- 
Clay Weber