Thank god. I was wishing for this for like, ever. But still 2 year cycle is long enough to frustrate "Unstable" users.
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Shashishekhar S <[email protected]>wrote: > Topic for debate?! :-) > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Meike Reichle <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:38 AM > Subject: Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes > To: [email protected] > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Debian Project http://www.debian.org/ > Debian adopts time-based release freezes [email protected] > July 29th, 2009 http://www.debian.org/News/2009/20090729 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Debian decides to adopt time-based release freezes > > The Debian project has decided to adopt a new policy of time-based > development freezes for future releases, on a two-year cycle. Freezes > will from now on happen in the December of every odd year, which means > that releases will from now on happen sometime in the first half of every > even year. To that effect the next freeze will happen in December 2009, > with a release expected in spring 2010. The project chose December as a > suitable freeze date since spring releases proved successful for the > releases of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codenamed "Etch") and Debian GNU/Linux > 5.0 ("Lenny"). > > Time-based freezes will allow the Debian Project to blend the > predictability of time based releases with its well established policy of > feature based releases. The new freeze policy will provide better > predictability of releases for users of the Debian distribution, and also > allow Debian developers to do better long-term planning. A two-year > release cycle will give more time for disruptive changes, reducing > inconveniences caused for users. Having predictable freezes should also > reduce overall freeze time. > > Since Debian's last release happened on Feb. 14th 2009, there will only > be approximately a one year period until its next release, Debian > GNU/Linux 6.0 (codenamed "Squeeze"). This will be a one-time exception > to the two-year policy in order to get into the new time schedule. To > accommodate the needs of larger organisations and other users with a long > upgrade process, the Debian project commits to provide the possibility to > skip the upcoming release and do a skip-upgrade straight from Debian > GNU/Linux 5.0 ("Lenny") to Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (not yet codenamed). > > Although the next freeze is only a short time away, the Debian project > hopes to achieve several prominent goals with it. The most important are > multi-arch support, which will improve the installation of 32 bit > packages on 64 bit machines, and an optimised boot process for better > boot performance and reliability. > > The new freeze policy was proposed and agreed during the Debian Project's > yearly conference, DebConf, which is currently taking place in Caceres, > Spain. The idea was well received among the attending project members. > > > About Debian > ------------ > > The Debian Project is an association of Free Software developers who > volunteer their time and effort in order to produce the completely free > operating system Debian GNU/Linux. > > > Contact Information > ------------------- > > For further information, please visit the Debian web pages at > <http://www.debian.org/>, send mail to <[email protected]>, or contact the > stable release team at <[email protected]> > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > > > > > -- > - Shashishekhar S > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
