[development] Proposed Ubuntu delay for 6 weeks

[James Gilliland]

Like herding cats... ;-)

On 3/12/06, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman at tejasa.com> wrote:
> 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.
>