Why Linux isn't yet ready for synchronized release cycles
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has again called for the developers of major open source software programs and Linux distributions to synchronize their development and release cycles. He argues that consistent and universal adherence to a specific time-based release model would promote more collaboration between projects.
Although a unified release cycle would reduce much of the complexity associated with building a Linux distribution, the concept poses significant challenges and offers few rewards for software developers.
A time-based release cycle implies issuing releases consistently at a specified interval. The development process for projects that employ this model generally involves establishing a roadmap of planned features and then implementing as many as possible until the project reaches the code freeze stage near the end of the interval, at which point the features that haven't been finished get deferred.
Although time-based cycles can work well for some projects, attempting to force all projects to adopt this approach and then correlate these universally could seriously degrade the development process.
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