On May 11, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >Close. Because there is no aging requirement it moves much more quickly and >as a result, there's much less risk of multiple transitions getting entangled >and delayed. > >Ubuntu explicitly defines the $ RELEASE-proposed pocket as 'not meant for >humans'. It's only for building/automatic testing. > >A nice side effect of this moving faster is that the Ubuntu release team >doesn't pre-coordinate transitions. > >It's very close to what Debian has, but that small difference has a large >impact.
Which suggests that it might not be a big step for Debian to take -- technologically at least. The social distance might be greater. But Scott's right that it's been a *huge* improvement in the process and it would be wonderful in Debian too. For anyone interesting in pursuing this further, I suggest contacting Colin Watson, who I think did most of the development to make this possible. -Barry
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