On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 10:23:48PM -0600, David Berg wrote: > I don't know if there's a good way to ask this question, and am very > tempted to just hit cancel now... > > I'm curious to know when etch might freeze. Now, before you all jump > on me and tell me "its ready when its ready", let me clarify. I'm not > looking for a date, or a month, or even a year necessarily as I > realize they would all be guesses. Perhaps I could get the best > answer by making this my question: > > Has anyone heard/read anything that MIGHT indicate that etch MIGHT go > stable faster than the 2-3 years that it took for Sarge, and Woody to > go stable? > Hi David, there are release goals that are looked at. If you gauge how things are going based upon those goals, it may provide some insite. There are major transitions(abi/api/gnome/xorg), translation goals, deciding what packages get a last minute repreive (like webmin), including new arch(64bit) and not including others(68k) and of course the rate at which RC bugs are fixed. It seems each release cycle is an advanture. This one include ubuntu as a factor. They are working with Debian[0] and will hopefully speed up some issues. There has also been 'teams' and 'groups' forming to address issue which I think is a good thing(games,fonts,xorg,...). And folks hosting BSP's[1]. -Kev [0] there is [discussion/debate] as to what [this means/this will mean] amongst ubuntu and debian devs. [1] Bug Squashing Parties -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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