Re: squeeze release cycle?
I can't speak for all of Ubuntu, but the only thing I have heard is a
*proposal* to freeze in March.
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 14:32 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote:
> So, there was a long discussion here after Debconf about the merits or
> lack thereof of a freeze date at the end of this year for a squeeze
> release early next year. My general feeling of the discussion was that
> there was a fair bit of opposition to freezing and releasing so quickly
> after lenny, but since that's also my personal opinion, I may be
> misreading the discussion. Either way, where I think we left that
> discussion was with a statement that no decision had been made and the
> release team and others were going to think about this and provide more
> information later.
>
> Since then, I've not seen anything further, and I have seen Ubuntu folks
> talking about the Debian squeeze release cycle as if it's a sure thing and
> we've already decided. It's also come up in a few other contexts in
> Debian. However, I don't think we *have* decided, so I'm concerned that
> we're giving people incorrect impressions.
>
> What's the status of this decision?
>
> I personally think Debian should standardize on a two-year release cycle,
> as previously discussed, with no special exceptions for squeeze, which
> means that our next release would be in 2011 and we would be one year
> desynchronized from the Ubuntu LTS release. I read Mark Shuttleworth's
> posts here with interest and I understand his motivations, but I don't
> believe it's in the best interests of Debian to change the squeeze release
> cycle for a plan for which he has essentially no other support outside of
> Ubuntu. If he can get substantial support elsewhere in the free software
> community, we can revisit that decision, but in the meantime I think we
> should do what's best for Debian, and I don't think a one-year release
> cycle is best for Debian.
>
> However, more urgently, I'd like to understand who's making this decision,
> if a decision is made, and if not, when it's going to be made so that I
> can plan both for the systems I administer and for my packages.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
>
>
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Robbie Williamson <robbie@ubuntu.com>
Ubuntu
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