Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 30th Jun 2008 11:34 UTC, submitted by matej
The open source world is currently debating the merits - if any - of synchronising the release schedules of several of the bigger, key projects that make up a Linux distribution. The discussion was started by Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth, and continued as a back and forth between the Ubuntu leader and KDE's Aaron Seigo, but of course other members of the community discussed right along on blogs and other venues. Sander, developer of Coccinella (an open-source Jabber client) provides some insights into the whole discussion.
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I think that KDE and GNOME should synchronize their release cycles to occur in the same month. Currently GNOME releases in September and March and KDE releases in July and January. It would be helpful if they released at the same time I believe as it would enable more collaboration on their part. Are there disadvantages to having them release in the same month that I'm just not seeing? Would collaboration and standardization (FreeDesktop.org and LSB) be better or worse with a same-month DE release synchronization? Are there any good opinions about why they should or should not be synchronized?
Edit: Accidentally posted early!
Edited 2008-06-30 17:30 UTC