[ubuntu-za] The Dymaxion Thread

[Hilton Gibson]

David Robert Lewis wrote:
> Lee Sharp wrote:
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>> David Robert Lewis wrote:
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>>> I guess this is probably going to lead to a posting on Indlovu and leads 
>>> on from my earlier quesioning about versioning, and how we can escape 
>>> the insane Canonical versioning system, whilst still adhearing to Ubuntu.
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>>>       
>> ...
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>> I am lost here.  I follow what you are writing, but don't really 
>> understand your point.  Yes, refinement of an idea happens fast at 
>> first, then slows down.  Been happening since the ox cart...  But Ubuntu 
>> distributions include both refinements, and new ways of doing things.  X 
>> in Intrepid was radically changed. (And not really stable until 
>> Jaunty...)  Now if you have a specific Ubuntu problem to address, go for 
>> it.  If you want to fix the nature of human scientific discovery and 
>> refinement, this is REALLY the wrong place.
>>
>> 			Lee
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>>     
> Thanks Lee,
>
> I see the problem. Its a question about the narrative of progress within 
> the Ubuntu community. We seem to be hung-up on the nice-sounding 
> alliterations, which then get cobbled into the various alphas and betas, 
> so at the end of the day, we not actually making Scientific progress. 
> Just a question. If X better in Jaunty, was this because of Linux, or 
> because of Ubuntu? Sorry to appear so stupid.
>
> I'm not trying to change the nature of human scientific discovery, just 
> want a sense of where all of this is heading. What exactly are we trying 
> to achieve, aside from boot-times, and bug fixing and 100 paper cuts?
>
> Thanks
>
> DRL
>
>   
Did you read this: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/288

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