My feeling as of today about this topic:
- I don't mind if the software that is included is not the latest and
greatest, as long as security patches are applied
- But we may have an issue here with abrowser, given Firefox's highly
idiosyncratic rapid release cycle, where if I understand correctly, new
functionalities and security patches are bundled together (is that correct?).
Maybe abrowser should be based of Firefox's ESR edition (think of it as a
LTS), where the only updates are security updates?
- Is it really worth/feasible trying to follow Ubuntu's rhythm with a new
version every six months? I have already suggested in this forum that maybe
a Trisquel version based on Ubuntu LTS would be enough, with some
trisquel-managed repositories to update some high-profile software (such as
abrowser? linux kernel? etc...) in the meantime?
- I believe most of the frustration that is being expressed here stems from
two things: 1. Lack of visibility and communication 2. People offering to
help and being all but ignored. Concerning the first point, this is not a
criticism of Ruben's work, I love Trisquel and I think that he does a
terrific job. He doesn't owe anything to anyone and I'm grateful for what he
does, but wouldn't it be cool if he could just write some quick notes from
time to time in a blog just to let us know roughly what's going on? For
instance, it looks like the release of Toutatis is imminent, but you'd be
hard pressed to know by just looking at the website's main page. As for the
second point, it is something that bothers me, but let's see what happens
with the wiki page where many, many people have volunteered to help.
Looking forward to Toutatis :)...
