Gnome dot releases

[Jeff Waugh]

On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 08:27 -0500, Robert Brimhall wrote:
> I thought GNOME dot releases were to increase stability (bug fixes,
> security updates, etc.)? I appreciate all the work you guys are doing
> and am not questioning your decision but sometimes the dot releases do
> tend to increase stability. That combined with the fact that Ubuntu is
> "competing" with other distros with GNOME 2.8 in a sense. So, Fedora
> Core may release with 2.8.1 and Dropline GNOME for Slackware tends to
> quickly update to the latest releases and will probably have GNOME
> 2.8.1 shortly. I don't want to see Ubuntu skipped over for those
> wanting the latest version of GNOME because Ubuntu wins out over these
> two IMO with it's philosophy and supportive developers. Anyways, just
> trying to make a point and not trying to "rock the boat" ;)

People won't choose their distro based on whether it has a point release
of GNOME. Look at the changelogs. In the future (and to a small extent
already), a big chunk of the GNOME point release changelogs will be bugs
fixed by Ubuntu developers for the Ubuntu release, which are integrated
into GNOME for their point release.

When we release warty, that's it for six months, apart from high-impact,
dataloss or security bugs. This is so you can be sure that your stable
Ubuntu install stays stable. The same policy applies to other distros,
though they may have more time between their releases (and thus, older
software).

Six months is not long to wait for a fully refreshed, stable, supported
OS release. :-)

- Jeff

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