Star openSUSE Moves to Fixed Release Schedule
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 6th Mar 2009 22:15 UTC
SuSE, openSUSE Following in the footsteps of distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora, the openSUSE project has announced it will move to a fixed release schedule. However, contrary to the two aforementioned distributions, openSUSE will have an eight month release schedule. The new schedule was announced in an email by release manager Stephan Kulow.
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I like the Debian model...
by ruel24 on Sat 7th Mar 2009 02:16 UTC
ruel24
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2006-03-21

I like Debian's "release it when it's ready" model. Works well for PCLinuxOS, too. It's all about the quality...

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RE: I like the Debian model...
by raver31 on Sat 7th Mar 2009 06:56 in reply to "I like the Debian model..."
raver31 Member since:
2005-07-06

Exactly, keep it under wraps until it is rock solid.
Look what happened with Vista for example. Sorry, bad example, that one took years and in the end was still rushed out.

Another example : Duke Nukem Forever
oh wait...

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darknexus Member since:
2008-07-15

The trouble with the Debian way is that it is outdated frequently and doesn't get updated for years unless you use the sid branch. Stable is one thing, but being several years out of date can be a problem especially in the foss world where things change so rapidly. Debian 5 isn't outdated now, at least not too badly, but in a year it will be and we won't see a release for years after. I think something in between is a better idea, have a target release timeframe, but don't set it in stone so that you can still concentrate on quality rather than holding precisely to a schedule.

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sbergman27 Member since:
2005-07-24

Another example : Duke Nukem Forever
oh wait...

In 2006, 3D Realms clearly articulated their scheduling strategy regarding the game, first announced in April 1997:

http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/14/164250

We'll see nuclear fusion electric plants first. Possibly, fusion powered cars. And almost certainly several releases of Debian.

Edited 2009-03-07 17:29 UTC

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