On Oct 10, 2011, at 02:50 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >First, I think that things are getting pushed into the distro before they are >really ready. Also there are upstreams that push to get last minute features >in (e.g. Unity) and so there are consequences when there are unexpected side >effects. One way to reduce the amount of post-release desire for churn due >to missing things is to get things into the release on time and then people >have a chance to adapt. > >For the more general case of leaf packages that would benefit from updating, >I think that get it into the next release and then backport it solves most >cases. It can even be used for libraries on a reasonable basis if adeequate >testing is done.
Of course, this is supposed to be one of the primary benefits of timed releases. If a feature isn't ready at the time of the release, it *should* be low risk and S.O.P. to just delay it until the next clock tick. -Barry -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
