I can't speak for all of Ubuntu, but the only thing I have heard is a *proposal* to freeze in March.
On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 14:32 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > So, there was a long discussion here after Debconf about the merits or > lack thereof of a freeze date at the end of this year for a squeeze > release early next year. My general feeling of the discussion was that > there was a fair bit of opposition to freezing and releasing so quickly > after lenny, but since that's also my personal opinion, I may be > misreading the discussion. Either way, where I think we left that > discussion was with a statement that no decision had been made and the > release team and others were going to think about this and provide more > information later. > > Since then, I've not seen anything further, and I have seen Ubuntu folks > talking about the Debian squeeze release cycle as if it's a sure thing and > we've already decided. It's also come up in a few other contexts in > Debian. However, I don't think we *have* decided, so I'm concerned that > we're giving people incorrect impressions. > > What's the status of this decision? > > I personally think Debian should standardize on a two-year release cycle, > as previously discussed, with no special exceptions for squeeze, which > means that our next release would be in 2011 and we would be one year > desynchronized from the Ubuntu LTS release. I read Mark Shuttleworth's > posts here with interest and I understand his motivations, but I don't > believe it's in the best interests of Debian to change the squeeze release > cycle for a plan for which he has essentially no other support outside of > Ubuntu. If he can get substantial support elsewhere in the free software > community, we can revisit that decision, but in the meantime I think we > should do what's best for Debian, and I don't think a one-year release > cycle is best for Debian. > > However, more urgently, I'd like to understand who's making this decision, > if a decision is made, and if not, when it's going to be made so that I > can plan both for the systems I administer and for my packages. > > Thanks! > > -- > Russ Allbery ([email protected]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> > > -- Robbie Williamson <[email protected]> Ubuntu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
