On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Allison Randal <alli...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 02/28/2013 07:31 AM, Rick Spencer wrote: > > > > To succeed at this we will need both velocity and agility. Therefore, I > > am starting a discussion about dropping non-LTS releases and move to a > > rolling release plus LTS releases right now. > > Hi Rick, > > At the moment, this proposal sounds mostly like a handwavey "Do less > work and get better results. Yay!" I do understand that you're more of a > traditional manager than a developer, so I'll give it the benefit of the > doubt and assume you just haven't explained it very well. Could we have > some developers explain how this model might work, in real-world > engineering terms? > The daily quality parts are well documented in blueprints from the last several UDSs and we are running them. For handling monthly releases, there is a proposal on how to do that: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/release-r-monthly-snapshots Otherwise, it's mostly a matter of stopping doing things. > > I'm not entirely opposed to the idea that the Debian development model > of 2-year "stable" releases with an ongoing "unstable" archive has been > right all along. But frankly, if someone came to me with this proposal > you've posted as a "startup" and asked me to invest in it, I'd say "You > haven't demonstrated that this is technically feasible." and kick them > back to the drawing board. > Oh? I would point to our last several years of improving Daily Quality and at Raring as it is today. I think our track record for making a highly usable development release is quite excellent. Cheers, Rick
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