I am 100% in support of Paddy's suggestion. This is a brilliant idea, and one that would have my complete support. Kevin, Hannie, what do you think are the possibilities? Pros? Cons? Impact to translators' schedules or a 12.10 release? On Jul 15, 2012 11:10 AM, "Paddy Landau" <pa...@landau.ws> wrote:
> I'd prefer not to release a new edition of the manual each time we find > a bug. ... I'd suggest that as we find these bugs in the 12.04 version of > the manual we immediately fix them in the quantal repository. > > > The problem is that 12.04 is a five-year LTS. > > I suggest that we fix errata in 12.04 as we find them, but build and > release the revised manual only occasionally — say, every month at first, > and thereafter only when the number of revised errata is significant. > > In particular, release an updated version the day before 12.04.1 is > released, as — I believe — it will coincide with a marketing push. (The > first point-release is usually much more stable than the initial release. I > have been told that businesses wanting a high level of reliability and > stability are advised to wait for the first point-release before upgrading.) > > The scheduled release date for 12.04.1 is August 23rd. > > Such errata would not be significant for in-between releases, which are > supported for 18 months, are not expected to be kept for a long time, and > are not recommended for those needing high stability. > > Paddy > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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