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Mark Shuttleworth Proposes Delaying next Ubuntu

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the waiting-on-the-duck dept.

Beuno writes "Mark Shuttleworth has proposed on the ubuntu-art mailing list to postpone the 'Dapper Drake' release by 6 weeks. He lays out the reasons pretty clearly: the delay should make the release a more user-friendly distro. He has also called up a community meeting in April 14th on IRC for community input. Is it really worth delaying the release for more then a month just to polish it out a little bit?" Commentary on this also available from the Tectonic site.

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  1. Question? Answer. by ImaNihilist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it really worth delaying the release for more then a month just to polish it out a little bit?

    Absolutely.

    1. Re:Question? Answer. by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 5, Insightful
      But the people I hand the disks out to wonder why the hell this "Linux" thing can't even play their MP3s!

      So tell them the truth: the technology exists, but U.S. law makes it risky to distribute it.

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  2. Really... by Clazzy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To be honest, Dapper is very stable and polished already. There's mixed reactions over the new Clearlooks scheme they've implemented but overall, it's turning out very well. I can't speak for the localisation issues, but a stable release is much better than a rushed release. If you want to try Dapper, Flight 5 should be just fine.

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  3. d'uh. by Yahweh+Doesn't+Exist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    >Is it really worth delaying the release for more then a month just to polish it out a little bit?

    there are hundreds of distros already, and the only thing they all lack is polish, so yes.

    what's the hurry?

  4. Not just polish... by BaltikaTroika · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think that almost everybody would agree that a little more time spent making a product better is a good thing.

    It's not just about polish, though. TFA lays out a number of points where improvements are needed:

    1. Testing
    2. Certification
    3. Localisation
    4. (last but not least) Polish

    Improvements to Asian localisation should help a ton of people - we're not all English speakers. :) Any steps, no matter how small, to appeal to the Chinese/Korean/Japanese markets will probably pay off well.

    Not that it all matters to me, though... I use SUSE. :)

    BaltikaTroika