OK Dave, I know exactly where you're coming from and it's my sentiment entirely. What I'm asking is could the virtualization improvements for example, be added to the LTS as a patch or upgrade, rather than have to wait 'till the next LTS?
I have a client who would love to dump Windows, but unfortunately runs some custom enterprise software which is Windows centric. The irony is that it's a Windows build of a very old Unix (green screen!) app! And no, the developer isn't interested in doing a Linux build of the GUI. The expertise has long gone. Enjoy your day Norm McMillan Mildura, Australia. The Wintersun City Dave Hall wrote: > On Mon, 2009-11-16 at 22:05 +1100, Norm wrote: >> You know, >> >> This may sound a little like heresy, but is a new release every 6 months >> sustainable? Or even necessary? Is it just me or is each new release >> becoming >> just a little more buggy? >> >> It just seems like they're coming out of a sausage factory with the casings >> not >> quite tied off. I keep going back to Hardy for a "good experience" >> >> Perhaps an "update pack" every six months and stick with the current LTS >> schedule for mainstream releases? > > I see the non LTS releases as developer snapshot builds. There are some > occasions where you will run them in production, like I am currently > doing with Karmic for the virtualisation improvements. > > At the same time 80% of the boxes I have deployed in production > environments (desktops and servers) run LTS releases. Why? because I > want it to be solid and don't want to have to upgrade every 6 months. > > The only machine which is regularly running alphas/betas/rc/just > released versions of ubuntu is my primary machine - my laptop. It has > only completely died once - corrupted cryptroot on a karmic alpha > +updates. Why? because if something is seriously busted I want to know > about it well before the version goes gold and also I like shiny stuff. > > I do think that ubuntu and canonical need to review their marketing > strategy for non LTS releases. I think that there is too much emphasis > on promoting them to Jo/e Average user, where most of them would be > better off on an LTS release. Can you imagine that chaos in the retail > IT sector if MS released a new version of Windows every 6 (or even 12) > months? > > Cheers > > Dave > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.67/2505 - Release Date: 11/15/09 > 19:50:00 > -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
