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jeypeyy
wrote on the 10 Mar 10 at 21:48
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It's already decided to be released the 28th, sorry
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MReleaseSchedule
And what do you mean about "10 for the quality"? If it's released that early it will most certainly not be the best quality, they need more testing after the release of the new gnome (which I think will be very unstable this time due to gnome-shell).
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Releasing it on such a date would make the interest much higher, I guess.
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McIvor
wrote on the 11 Mar 10 at 00:54
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@Ivo:
The problem with getting higher interest is that if, as jeypeyy says, the quality isn't perfect, Ubuntu will get a lot of bad press. Look at what happened for Karmic - more people tried it, so more people complained. The end result was a lot of rants on blogs everywhere complaining about how Ubuntu doesn't work and they were going back to Windows.
I'd much rather see it released when it's ready than rushed for a marketing gimmick.
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Auzy
wrote on the 11 Mar 10 at 06:38
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I'd prefer it gets released only when i ts ready..
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Apiman
wrote on the 11 Mar 10 at 09:18
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I know that the release date has been decided already and the first commitment should be for quality.
On the other side, Ubuntu 10.10 features are not even defined so, would it be that hard to change the release date?
From an advertisement point of view, I think it is a big opportunity.
"10 for quality" -> In Spain, 10 is the highest mark you can get in school, it would be an A in USA, that's the meaning of it.
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Mirek2
wrote on the 11 Mar 10 at 19:57
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Honestly, I think there's been so much date-adjusting in the commercial world lately (the scarier movies always opening on friday the 13th, ...) that, although a neat date for a release, it doesn't even matter that much and I don't think it'll get anyone to switch to Ubuntu, really.
I'd rather have it when it's ready, although I would certainly welcome an early release on the 10th if it is, or perhaps a special RC release or perhaps a special preview of exciting things to come in Ubuntu in the future on the tenth or some other event.
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I'd support this more if it was for a high-quality LTS, but it's not.
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rrnwexec
wrote on the 16 Mar 10 at 16:32
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10.10.10 is a fantastic marketing idea. Great for generating excitement and press.
Consider this: The carcasses of dead distro's litter the road behind us in the world of free systems.
Let's ensure that Ubuntu does not suffer the same fate of by failing to recognize the value of marketing.
If you would like a list of dead or marginalized OS'es, just shoot me an email...
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rrnwexec
wrote on the 16 Mar 10 at 16:37
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... also, previous October releases that occur at the end of the month historically cause problems for party organizers in this part of the world. people are generally too preoccupied with halloween parties to care about an Ubuntu release party.
Moving the release earlier eliminates this competiton for peoples attention.
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I think the "i'll prefer to have it released when it's ready" doesn't really mean anything, because it's not the way it works.
Debian may work that way, with no release date and releasing when it's ready, but as ubuntu has a planned release date, it could be good to take it as a commercial advantage.
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leu
wrote on the 17 Mar 10 at 21:14
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101010 is binary for 42.
42 is the answer!
It has to be released on 101010 !
Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
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Auzy
wrote on the 17 Mar 10 at 21:50
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@Briceparent. Yep, and that's why Ubuntu consistently ships distro's with serious issues (like how they totally messed up Pulse audio).
There's no reason why they need a set shipping date. Releasing Ubuntu on 10.10.10 wont increase market share at all, or have any impact. Yet, shipping half-working applications will...
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eklem
wrote on the 18 Mar 10 at 09:31
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Sounds like a nice idea, but I would much rather have a pretty stable system when they deliver than get it on that exact day.
I think "within the month" is a good compromize. They predictably ship new stuff every 6 months and they can still push it a week or three if blockers appear. So much better than crap-ware on a fixed date.
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Auzy
wrote on the 18 Mar 10 at 10:36
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And what happens if there are still serious bugs on the 20th?
On Songbird, if a release has serious problems they'll delay it for as long as it takes to fix them (yep, they skipped 1.3, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, because they weren't really stable enough). Ubuntu should have gone back to the drawing board when Kubuntu was released with a totally broken Bluetooth stack, and when Ubuntu was first released with Pulseaudio (there were significant problems).
If you set a definitive date though, you are basically recommending that Ubuntu releases an OS with serious issues, rather than go back to design phase if needed to fix them.
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cousteau
wrote on the 18 Mar 10 at 21:25
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Release it on Sunday? Really?
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jeypeyy
wrote on the 18 Jun 10 at 15:55
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I just really don't see how this would give the release any more attention. Do you really think any media will write about it because it's release on a special date? Or that people will convert just because of that?
leu: If we tell people that, they will think Ubuntu is totally geeky :P
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mambazo
wrote on the 14 Jul 10 at 11:06
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It's not like we are asking that it get released 2 months early. It's just a couple of weeks. Surely the release plan can be adjusted for this. If 10.10.10 is too early, then 20.10.2010 is also fun worthy.
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