Allison Randal <alli...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >On 03/06/2013 07:51 AM, Anca Emanuel wrote: >> [quote]As the conversation runs on, these "enthusiasts" appear to be >a smaller >> and smaller subset of the Ubuntu user base.[/quote] >> >> You will be surprised how many people prefer an rolling release. >> >> Think a bit: that will be the next LTS, so it need to be stable every >> day, and extra for the LTS release day. > >They may want the fresher software, yes. But if the rolling un-release >is too bleeding-edge, floods them with untested/unstable updates, >crashes regularly, randomly breaks their apps because the API carpet >was >yanked out from under them, etc, then really, they won't be able to use >it. > >We effectively have two possible alternate futures on the table: > >A) The "rolling release" is essentially a development archive for the >next LTS, and not intended for general use. > >B) It is a real rolling release, with high enough quality that we >recommend it for anyone and everyone to use. > > >The only version of reality we can deliver tomorrow is (A). But (B) is >possible with 6 months of intensely hard work, or a year of moderately >hard work. > >It's not yet clear if (A) or (B) is the ultimate goal, they're still >suspended as a quantum superposition of equally possible futures. But, >the engineering plans to achieve (A) or (B) look very different. > >Allison
It's also unclear how you do A and B together, since at some point you have to freeze in preparation for release. Scott K -- ubuntu-devel mailing list ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel