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[Alberto Passalacqua <alberto.passalacqua@xxxxxx>]

Il giorno lun, 09/03/2009 alle 08.49 +0100, jdd ha scritto:
> Alberto Passalacqua a écrit :
>
> > I think it is quite proven that six months are too short to deliver a
> > good quality distribution
>
> this don't make sense - others do and the quality is good.

It makes perfectly sense. Look at 11.0, with an 8 month release cycle,
and look at 11.1 with a six month release cycle. The difference shines.

What others do doesn't count at all in these decisions. We need
something that works for THIS community and openSUSE/Novell developers. 

> With smaller time, the changes are also smaller, so are the bugs.

Not really true. With shorter release cycles, there is just less time to
test the release. What you're talking about is another problem: the
respect of deadlines to submit and add features.

> The problem is elsewhere, for example the lifetime of a *boxed*
> edition have to be longer than 6 months. Using 8 month is choice, not
> obligation (and I don't say it's a bad choice)

The boxed version is supported two years, not six months, so the problem
does not exist. Eight months is a good balance between releasing early
and trying to provide a good distribution. 

Regards,
A.

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