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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" released

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" released

Posted Apr 27, 2012 10:04 UTC (Fri) by alankila (subscriber, #47141)
In reply to: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" released by boudewijn
Parent article: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" released

And I think there's a general acceptance to something like that. Issues that affect a few users are not worth spending almost any time on.


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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" released

Posted May 1, 2012 10:38 UTC (Tue) by nye (guest, #51576) [Link]

>Issues that affect a few users are not worth spending almost any time on.

This is a good way to ensure that your software is only ever 90% done though. There will always be issues that affect only a few users since no two users are exactly the same, and usually so many of them that almost *all* users see a few of them.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" released

Posted May 1, 2012 16:11 UTC (Tue) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

This is kind of a warning to not bite off more than you can chew. Work on something small and well defined that can be done well rather than something expansive that you'll never have the resources to get past 90% done. When you are in that perpetual 90% state you have an advanced hobby and not a decent product.

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