humble suggestion to Fedora developers

[Christopher Svanefalk]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:59 PM, James Freer <jessejazza3.uk at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> > On 01/23/2013 06:53 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> >>
> >> because first new anaconda was approved and integration
> >> all over the distribution started and after that damage
> >> was done people realized "hm new anaconda is not ready"
> >
> >
> > So what you're saying is, it was approved before it was ready.  Judging
> from
> > what else you wrote, the devs didn't realize it when they approved it.
>  This
> > suggests to me that approval came too early in the process, before proper
> > testing was done and that important parts of the program hadn't been
> > completed.  If so, is there anything that can be done to prevent this
> from
> > happening yet again?
>
> I have the greatest respect for the developer's that put in
> considerable effort for each release. The problem with 6 month release
> cycle is too little time. I've used linux now for almost 6 years with
> Ubuntu and Fedora. Some distros use a two year release which is too
> long. One or two use an annual release which i think is about right...
> development and testing can fully take place. Why not consider an
> annual release which would give appropriate time for all to take
> place?
>
> james
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I think this is a great idea, and it would be interesting to know if there
actually is an updated rationale for a bi-annual release cycle as it is now.

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Christopher Svanefalk

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