Ubuntu Releases 13.04, Sticks To 6-Month Release Rhythm

Posted by timothy on Thursday April 25, 2013 @02:48AM from the 'cause-that's-how-they-roll-or-rather-don't dept.

Barence writes "Ubuntu has shelved the idea of moving to rolling releases, and will continue to release a new version every six months. Earlier this year, Ubuntu developers discussed the idea of moving to rolling releases, with new features added to the OS as and when they were ready. However, In an interview with PC Pro, Canonical CEO Jane Silber said the developers had taken a 'cold, hard look at our long-standing practices' and decided to stay with twice-yearly releases. It has, however, cut support on non-LTS releases from 18 to nine months." Today, the Ubuntu team have released the latest iteration of Ubuntu, 13.04 ("Raring Ringtail"), along with variants like Kubuntu 13.04.

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Re:So when is it finished ? by kthreadd · 2013-04-25 03:16 · Score: 4, Interesting

Software is engineering, so when will they solve the problem ? at what point do they say "finished" ?
It is finished once bug number one has been resolved.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1
new feature: shortened support by sshir · 2013-04-25 04:08 · Score: 4, Interesting

Good reason to skip this (13.04) version: It forces your hand on 13.10.
I.e. you'll have to upgrade to 13.10 after that no matter what. And if, god forbid, you'll have a hardware compatibility problem in 13.10 - you'll be screwed.

On another hand, if you're on on 12.10 now - you have the option to what till 14.04