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    New release cycle for Ubuntu?

    I been wondering what you guys think about this. It's a proposed monthly release cycle.

    A new release process for Ubuntu? | Scott James Remnant
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    I was wondering how they could reduce the quality even further than the last few releases. Now I know.
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    elija - thanks for the good laugh ...

    I would wonder if any developer would ever think that timed releases are a good thing? Even using the Unified process, hard and fast dates are only for the next deliverables to the team - not for the whole release. Anyone who thinks that good software can be put our in X months should explain how this happens. I have been a developer for a long, long time, and only seen tears and yelling come out of that kind of thinking.

    That is one of the main reasons that i dropped Ubuntu a couple of releases back. That, and the draconian changes (swapping close box etc ).

    PS - Now with Mint 11, and they seem to have a much more sane release schedule - When it's ready!
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    Quote Originally Posted by elija View Post
    I was wondering how they could reduce the quality even further than the last few releases. Now I know.
    +1

    butnut should just release the LTS every two years and call all the other 6 monthly releases "beta" or whatever...
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    I agree with cynwolf, but would add that perhaps as minor features and improvements become stable they should be included in the updates to the LTS.
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