On Thursday, February 28, 2013 10:04:19 PM Michael Hall wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On 02/28/2013 04:55 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > That's a worst-case scenario for Ubuntu as a platform. The type of > > users most likely to install applications, not doing so, because > > they're using an Ubuntu version that changes too often for ISVs to > > bother with., > > This is also something that concerns me in our efforts to make Ubuntu > a target platform for app developers. We need to make some commitment > to supporting platform APIs during these rolling releases between LTS > so developers know what they can expect. > > Personally I don't think "target only LTS releases" is going to be > acceptable to most ISVs, especially those writing consumer "apps", > where you can go from nobody to the most downloaded and back to nobody > in the span of 2 years (think of the rapid rise and fall of games like > Words with Friends, or Draw Something).
"Rolling" can't both have stable APIs and be the development platform. You need to pick one. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
