Actually, it is not disappointing, it's just Dell as OEM shows us a
way where we should be going to.
Yes, we need to change release policy. We really need LTS every two
years (and lot of small development releases between them), AND we
need to overlook 'we don't release new software, just
I find Dell's policy to be logical and fitting for what they do.
But I would stress that part of what FOSS does better than all those
other guys is evolution rather than large revision. I'd be a wary of
breaking the 6 month release heartbeat cycle, it keeps everyone on their
toes and allows for
Hey Markus,
Well, xorg is based on (or part of) X, which is about 20 years old. X
was considered to be mature for some time, and severly behind a few
years later. Do you really think there is something like a maturity
which can be reached? If not after 20 years, how long does it take?
Il giorno gio, 21/05/2009 alle 14.16 +0200, Markus Hitter ha scritto:
Well, xorg is based on (or part of) X, which is about 20 years old.
X
was considered to be mature for some time, and severly behind a
few
years later. Do you really think there is something like a
maturity
which
On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Markus Hitter m...@jump-ing.de wrote:
Am 21.05.2009 um 19:11 schrieb Martin Pitt:
Shipping a new machine with hardy plus some extra Dell repo for new
stuff is just fine for them, if that's how they see they can benefit
their customers best. Arguably they
