also sprach Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> [2009.08.05.1708 +0200]:
> I do have objections to starting that with a foreshortened
> release cycle, and while I am neutral about December as a freeze month
> in general, I suspect that the the actual date should come after
> negotiating with major component package maintainers (and upstream),
> and efforts in house aimed at improving Debian, and, ultimately, other
> distributions.
Freezing in December means that the first 2-3 weeks after the freeze
will be mostly lost in terms of preparing a release due to holidays.
In my 10+ years of Debian experience, the Christmas time has usually
been the lowest activity time each year.
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