On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:29 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:59:21PM +0000, James Freer wrote: >> I have the greatest respect for the developer's that put in >> considerable effort for each release. The problem with 6 month release >> cycle is too little time. I've used linux now for almost 6 years with > > Having some experience with timing development cycles in agile/scrum, the > problem with a longer release cycle is that the amount of work bitten off > grows to match, and you end up with the same scramble on a bigger scale, > actually making the problem worse rather than better. > > I think we should keep on a six-month release cycle but also have "epic" > planning for features across cycles. There was a suggestion at Fudcon to > move to using point releases, each point with a six-month cycle but with a > bigger two-year cycle wrapping a series of releases together. > > Matthew Miller I wasn't suggesting a bi-annual release... but an annual one. I've used the ubuntu LTS and it's fine for the first year and then quite a few apps are out of date. I found 6 months too frequent for installing and did an annual update which i found about right. Two years ends up with problems. Only problem with a fixed point release as has happened with kubuntu 8.04 (think it was a while now) one ends up with two kernels as at that stage there was a change over. It was a hiiccup but the release had to go out on a certain day. F18 was late by almost two months as developers tried to solve the problem. Fedora are not quite as tight (allow a week or so) as ubuntu are on releases. I don't know as much as yourself and certainly wasn't attempting to create a contrary debate. But i'm now thinking that a rolling release is the better option for my uses. james -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
