[aklug] Re: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

On Friday 04 September 2009, Christopher Howard wrote:
> Greg Madden wrote:
> > On Thursday 03 September 2009, Damien Hull wrote:
> >> Karmic Alpha 5 is out. One month until the official release. I can't
> >> wait.
> >
> > FYI, just in case, BTW :-) Debian has gone to a two year release
> > cycle, officially. To get on track they are releasing squeeze,
> > testing, in December. I can barley keep up with 2 year cycles, Ubuntu
> > scares me :-)
>
> Actually, I think that it is a two year "freeze" cycle. They don't
> actually release Squeeze in December, only freeze it. Technically they
> still can release Squeeze whenever they feel like it.
>
> The result is much the same, of course. I think most of us upgrade the
> moment it freezes anyway.
>
> Or have I misread the Debian announcements?

Your correct,
" the Release Team has additionally decided to revisit its decision on
December 2009 as the proposed freeze date. A new timeline will be
announced by the Debian Release Team in early September",

It is release freezes, so maybe not much has changed.

-- 
Peace
Greg Madden
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