Proposal to delay release of Precise Pangolin

[Dustin Kirkland]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:15 PM, nick rundy <nrundy at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Canonical/Ubuntu, please don't feel obligated to release Precise Pangolin in
> April 2012. A delayed release would strengthen stability and allow more bugs
> to be fixed in both Unity and GNOME 3.2.
>
> Considering the "long-lived" nature of an LTS release, it would be
> preferable if Precise Pangolin was delayed a month or two (or more) than for
> it to be released on time with visible bugs. There are so many bugs that
> plague Oneiric. Many exist in GNOME 3.2. Perhaps Precise could be delayed a
> month or two and Ubuntu developers could fix some of the "minor" bugs
> plaguing GNOME 3.2?
>
> Although ranked as "minor," some of these bugs have existed for years and
> really hurt the usability of Ubuntu. For example, please see bug
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552093 and take a look at the
> screenshots posted by the bug's commentators. John Strandberg recently
> posted  a screenshot of Oneiric that highlights how much this bug hurts
> productivity. Yet the bug has existed for more than 3 years. Sadly, the same
> can be said for many other bugs.
>
> I love Oneiric, but it has too many bugs. Please consider delaying release
> and having Ubuntu developers fix as many bugs as possible for Precise, even
> if it means fixing bugs that GNOME themselves should be fixing.
>
> I feel confident that the community will have no problem with a delay, even
> if it means skipping a 6 month release for once. The integrity of the LTS is
> worth it.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin/ReleaseSchedule

So that sort of happens, with the LTS "dot" releases :-)

The 12.04.1 (the first of the "dot" releases") is scheduled for 23
August 2012, which is about 4 months after the 12.04 release (26 April
2012).  The "dot" release is, in fact, a bug-fix and
hardware-enablement only release cycle.  Realistically, some
enterprise server and corporate desktop users won't upgrade until that
first "dot" release.

For those interested in stabilization and quality assurance of Ubuntu
12.04, we'd very much invite you to get involved with your friendly
Ubuntu QA, SRU, and LTS dot release teams!

Cheers,
-- 
:-Dustin

Dustin Kirkland
Ubuntu Core Developer