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Monthly Ubuntu Releases Proposed

Posted by samzenpus on from the lets-speed-it-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scott James Remnant, the former Ubuntu Developer Manager at Canonical and current Ubuntu Technical Board leader, has proposed a new monthly release process for Ubuntu Linux. He acknowledges that with the six month releases there are features that end up landing way too soon, leaving them in a sour state for users. With his monthly proposal, Remnant hopes to relieve this by handling alpha, beta, and normal releases concurrently. It's unknown whether Canonical will accept the policy at this time."

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  1. And thus dies support, and corporate usage by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because who is going to work on last month's version? "Oh, just upgrade you'll get all the new fixes." And all the new bugs.

    Bleeding edge is fine for hobbyists, but grown ups? We need a version that's going to start solid and get steadily better.

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  2. Re:reinstall montly by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's better to be warned by the name up front than learning it the hard way as with Ubuntu.

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