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[Robert Potter]

I am mixed on rolling releases. I am partly intrigued, but I am very  
concerened over the stability issue.  But honestly, I don't find  
Ubuntu too stable any more. Sometimes it is and sometimes it is not.  
One release seems pretty solid and the next release things that were  
fine previously no longer is.

Personally I think it is time to switch to a yearly release cycle. Six  
months in they can stop accepting and spend the next six testing and  
fine tuning the next release.  I think we would all be better for it.   
Not that my opionion matters to Ubuntu or probably most of the Ubuntu  
community.  I must admit, I am stutupid enough to get excited every  
six months too! :)

- Rob

On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:22 AM, satchitb at gmail.com wrote:

> Arch jokes aside, I always wonder why people find rolling release  
> popular. Surely it is less stable, with frequent updates? What about  
> the bloat issue? I don't know about you, but I find that Ubuntu gets  
> a little heavy and sluggish after a couple of cycles, so I install a  
> new version fresh rather than upgrade (the fact that upgrading  
> releases has been less than perfect is another matter altogether).
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