Thoughts on Lucid Development

Karmic development was wide open, making lots of changes. There were days upgrades caused major issues that need to be resolved. That was an interesting and rewarding experience.

Somehow, I think Lucid will not be as exciting. It is going to be long term. I think the emphisis will be on tweaking, rather than going to a new whatever.

Grub 2, ext4 format, netwok manager upgrade, wireless internet support, etc. were added to Karmic. There are probably a lot of issues to be worked out with all the Karmic changes.

I think Lucid development will be to improve the major changes in Karmic.

Just my thoughts.

Later

Good point. Never thought of it that way. The last LTS, 8.04, was rock solid for me. Hopefully this LTS will be the same.

i have no doubt 10.04 will be a polished 9.10

That is my take on it also--we started many things that are not "finished" right now so they can get wide testing & be polished for 10.04---And things are in the wind for 10.10--Gnome Shell (3.0)--major changes to sub-systems in Gnome (to gconf & others) plus the "normal" day-to-day kernel, software changes---I will work hard to polish 10.04 & wait to have fun with 10.10 :)

For everything there is a season and a purpose unto Ubuntu.

A time to till and a time to ripen. A springtime when deferred features sprout young and verdant (1st after LTS) A summer as the first crop ripens and the second sprouts (2nd after LTS) An autumn as the harvest is gathered and winter-crops planted (3rd after LTS) A winter of long, deep freezes, yet the produce cured in cellars and careful conservation yields a comfortable life.(LTS)

The professional looks to winter and having wisdom, smiles if the work be good, for few can give him a solidly-built OS every two years.

The rootless popular-PC-ist looks at the mown fields of autumn and the mud of spring and even the cold beauty of winter and asks "Why can summer not continue forever? Why do things not steadily advance?" Oh, vanity! Without tilling the land dies and bears no fruit. Without pointing, brickwork collapses. Have a little patience, or if ye be able-bodied take up the hoe and join us. The greatest part of the work is already done.

There is beauty in winter's starkness. Without rest, there is exhaustion. Let us now age the cellar goods that are the final fruits of this year and care for the winter crops that care for the ground.

Or at least, that's just how I see it.

Although hardy was an LTS it had some major changes. So, imo it shouldn't be as bleeding as a normal release, but it can be in practise.

I have heard that Hardy testing was rough. I didn't get Hardy until September. It was very solid by then.

Because of that, I think that this time they are going to be VERY conservative. They say they are anyway.