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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/08/16 16:07, JMZ wrote:<br>
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I don't mind a Xubuntu LTS-only policy so long as a few other
Ubuntu flavors maintain intermediate releases. Have other Ubuntu
flavors discussed going to LTS only? With intermediate releases,
it's possible to mix and match different ppa's to create hybrid
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Even 'if' there was an LTS-only policy then there will always be a
development version.<br>
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No-one is going to sit back and then suddenly in 2 years wake up,
get together, test *stuff*, hope that people test it (which is about
where we are - people don't) then suddenly be in a position to
release something.<br>
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For example: I download newer kernels at a faster pace than 16.04
LTS through the canonical-kernel-team ppa. I've set this ppa to
yakkety. I'm at 4.6.x now versus 4.4.x. I prefer downloading
kernels ahead of the curve. I don't mind having to fix a few minor
faults now and then to maintain a more advanced kernel system.
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I grab kernel's from -proposed, I do no more than what's just around
the corner.<br>
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I've always thought that LTS was for users who prefer stability
over experimentation. Experimenters like myself do exist,
however. Perhaps Xubuntu is not right for me because most Xubuntu
users would be better served by LTS only. Perhaps it is time for
an experimenter's xfce environment to leave the Canonical suite
and become its own distribution. <br>
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LTS is for those users.<br>
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Experimenters can join in the dev version almost as soon as the
latest release releases.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/08/2016 09:10 AM, PK wrote:<br>
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<div>I have one suggestion to make: the perceived quality of
the "brand" Xubuntu can perhaps be improved when the only
codebase is Ubuntu LTS and its point releases. So no more
short-lived intermediate releases. Comparable with the
release policy that Linux Mint has adopted in 2014.<br>
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<div>Keep up the good work! I's being appreciated by more
people than you might realize. :-)<br>
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<div>Regards, Pjotr.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2016-08-08 12:44 GMT+02:00 Pasi
Lallinaho <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:pasi@shimmerproject.org" target="_blank">pasi@shimmerproject.org</a>></span>:<br>
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