I was thinking today about the possibility of not releasing a new ISO every 6 months, and instead focus more on the LTS releases. For example, we could release only once every year, or once every two years, even.
But, what would this mean for Ubuntu Studio? * Users would still be able to upgrade to a newer release, just not be able to do a fresh install from ISO (since Ubuntu Studio is in fact just another flavor of Ubuntu) * We would still need to keep our packages up to date for every Ubuntu vanilla release (so, in fact, we don't actually save much work) * Instead of QA testing our ISO, we would need to QA test the upgrade - as that would be the primary way to get the most recent release. This could very well be more problematic than doing a fresh installation. * We could focus more on backporting packages to the LTS release, though this works best for packages that don't need the latest versions of its dependencies. The kernel will be backported from now on, so a LTS user will always have access to the latest kernel. * In the end, the change might be more psychological, telling the user to stick with their LTS releases. Any opinions? -- ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel
