Ubuntu May Become Rolling Release With 14.04 (thepowerbase.com)

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mtgx 13y ago ↗

I think that's a good idea. Most of the interim releases are usually filled with bugs and more unstable anyway.

It would be great to actually get bug fix updates to packages rather than only the security. I know that technically they are supposed to be shipping them, but they rarely do.

Also, they would have to double-down on QA which is unlikely.

jcastro 13y ago ↗

We've been doubling down on QA since the last LTS, there's some info on that here: http://qa.ubuntu.com/

mixmastamyk 13y ago ↗

Good to hear.

dnu 13y ago ↗

I hope that they keep the Long Term Support versions, for which they used to provide updates for up to 5 years.

glazemaster 13y ago ↗

In the video, they revealed that the plan is to move from LTS to LTS, with each LTS rolling until the next. I think it sounds cool.

cowsaysoink 13y ago ↗

Kind of like debian stable and debian testing relationship.

caiusdurling 13y ago ↗

I quite like the sound of this, but I only really install LTS, and then only on servers, so as long as LTS stick around I'm not too bothered what they do between each release ;-)

Also, BSD releases work that way don't they?