[DC LoCo] FWD: A new release process for Ubuntu? | Scott James Remnant

[Kevin Cole]

On Sep 12, 2011 6:19 AM, "Marti Martinson" <arthur.martinson at verizon.net>
wrote:
>
> This was a link in the Distrowatch weekly newsletter. I have not
> read it all yet.
>
> http://netsplit.com/2011/09/08/new-ubuntu-release-process/

I read an article on PC World's site, I think, talking about a monthly
release cycle. I brought it up yesterday at TPFF with Barry Warsaw, who said
that the article highlights a known problem in the development cycle, but
that he is among unconvinced that a monthly release is the answer.

What I read just seemed damned silly from an average user's perspective. If
it's a bad idea for folks to skip a release, then you're encouraging the
masses to always do the full upgrade monthly or switch to a Long Term
Support release.

Well, actually, I suppose the upgrade manager could figure out how to
automatically run through all the intermediate releases between where a user
is and where they want to go, applying each upgrade sequentially. Still, it
seems like people will almost be upgrading more often than they are actually
using the software
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