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OLS: Shuttleworth on free software developmentOLS: Shuttleworth on free software developmentPosted Jul 31, 2008 8:25 UTC (Thu) by AlexHudson (subscriber, #41828)Parent article: OLS: Shuttleworth on free software development
Shuttleworth's comments on releasing seem to basically be "do it like Ubuntu": release every six months, LTS every once in a while. I can understand him wanting project to release on synchonised schedule in order to make it into Ubuntu releases, but the other points of his I'm not sure about. His point about friction is relatively good, but I think he misses that making certain projects release on a time-basis that doesn't suit that project (= its developers) is going to be a cause of friction too. Being able to set your own rhythm is often very important. At the end of the day, there just isn't enough agreement on many things to make it workable. People don't agree on a single VCS, let alone agile methods, and each project has its own tools, culture and rules.
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OLS: Shuttleworth on free software development Posted Aug 1, 2008 6:12 UTC (Fri) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link] quote: Shuttleworth's comments on releasing seem to basically be "do it like Ubuntu" well, if he thought that there was a better way of doing things and his own distro didn't do it that way wouldn't it be a bit odd?
OLS: Shuttleworth on free software development Posted Aug 7, 2008 6:17 UTC (Thu) by ketilmalde (guest, #18719) [Link] > Shuttleworth's comments on releasing seem to basically be "do it like > Ubuntu": release every six months, LTS every once in a while He offered to change the release cycle to match other distributors, if those otherse can agree on one. http://lwn.net/Articles/282035/ (mid-page quotation)
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