[ubuntu-za] The Dymaxion Thread

[David Robert Lewis]

Lee Sharp wrote:
> David Robert Lewis wrote:
>   
>> I guess this is probably going to lead to a posting on Indlovu and leads 
>> on from my earlier quesioning about versioning, and how we can escape 
>> the insane Canonical versioning system, whilst still adhearing to Ubuntu.
>>     
>
> ...
>
> I am lost here.  I follow what you are writing, but don't really 
> understand your point.  Yes, refinement of an idea happens fast at 
> first, then slows down.  Been happening since the ox cart...  But Ubuntu 
> distributions include both refinements, and new ways of doing things.  X 
> in Intrepid was radically changed. (And not really stable until 
> Jaunty...)  Now if you have a specific Ubuntu problem to address, go for 
> it.  If you want to fix the nature of human scientific discovery and 
> refinement, this is REALLY the wrong place.
>
> 			Lee
>
>   
Thanks Lee,

I see the problem. Its a question about the narrative of progress within 
the Ubuntu community. We seem to be hung-up on the nice-sounding 
alliterations, which then get cobbled into the various alphas and betas, 
so at the end of the day, we not actually making Scientific progress. 
Just a question. If X better in Jaunty, was this because of Linux, or 
because of Ubuntu? Sorry to appear so stupid.

I'm not trying to change the nature of human scientific discovery, just 
want a sense of where all of this is heading. What exactly are we trying 
to achieve, aside from boot-times, and bug fixing and 100 paper cuts?

Thanks

DRL

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