RTM Ubuntu Touch images for testing through a VM?

[Alberto Salvia Novella]

NothingMuch HereToSay:
> http://gigjets.com/08/17998-ubuntu-touch-rtm/


Colin Watson at <http://tinyurl.com/nhfe53t>:
 > The Ubuntu phone images are due to hit the release-to-manufacturing
 > (RTM) point later this cycle. With the pace of the phone work, it
 > doesn’t look practical to deal with this by SRUing all the required
 > changes into trusty – we’re talking about substantial feature
 > development which probably wouldn’t be manageable in trusty even with
 > a rather liberal SRU policy for phone-specific components.

Jason Fried at <http://tinyurl.com/l5ebcbx>:
 > Lastly, the longer a product takes to develop, the less likely it
 > will launch. Long projects zap morale. Things get in the way. Life
 > changes. Your time demands shift. Opportunity costs mount. We believe
 > you’re better off launching something small quickly and then building
 > from there. You’ll know more about what the product should really do
 > once it’s actually alive.


Shujaa Imram at <http://tinyurl.com/nhfe53t>:
 > Mark Shuttleworth has said on a number of occasions that the first
 > Ubuntu-powered smartphones should be arriving this Autumn, but
 > unfortunately, the developers yet aren’t available to ship a stable
 > version so soon.

David Heinemeier Hansson at <http://tinyurl.com/pz3gua4>:
 > When you treat estimates as promises instead of guesses, you bind
 > your worth as a worker to it. If you do not meet your own deadline,
 > you are a failure. And since nobody likes to be a failure, they’ll
 > indulge in risky behaviour to avoid it, like burning the midnight oil
 > and checking in bad code with scanty or no tests.
 >
 > Rushing to meet your estimate promise once or twice might be
 > bearable, but it’s ultimately unsustainable. Software development is
 > inherently unpredictable.


Shujaa Imram at <http://tinyurl.com/nhfe53t>:
 > So, the developers are considering a separate branch of Ubuntu Touch,
 > one that will get a RTM (release-to-manufacturer) status.

Matt Linderman at <http://tinyurl.com/n6r2fq7>:
 > Whenever someone promises “exposure” instead of payment, run.


Doing lean is:

  - Making only the basic features work well, leaving the rest apart, 
and releasing now.

  - Completely ignoring the "importants" till the single most important 
thing right now is done.