[development] Proposed Ubuntu delay for 6 weeks

Moshe Weitzman weitzman at tejasa.com
Sun Mar 12 16:38:44 UTC 2006


Khalid B wrote:
> As we are pushing for 4.7 going out the door, Mark Shuttleworth is proposing
> a delay for the upcoming Ubuntu Dapper.
> 
> As you know, Ubuntu is committed to a 6 month release cycle, and the
> release numbers are of yy.mm format (e.g. 05.10 for Breezy Badger).
> 
> Now, there is a proposal to delay that by 1.5 months for testing, certification,
> localisation and "polish".
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/2006-March/000734.html
> 
> The way I read it  is: what is more important: Quality or Punctuality?
> 
> Slashdot discussion here
> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/11/2041240

I reiterate Dries' request that we only discuss topics which help us get 
4.7RC out the door.


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