Ubuntu leader Mark Shuttleworth has the necessary questioned the call by some developers to switch to a rolling releaseschedule. However, according to Shuttleworth need to be reviewed or the speed of releases up can.
For some time, is there within the Ubuntu community and Canonical have discussed the pros and cons of switching from fixed releasemomenten to a rolling release schedule. Up to now brings together Canonical each half year a new release, and every two years a stable LTS version. Some developers believe, however, that Ubuntu is better off is if the switch to rolling releases continuous software is rolled out, but in a blogposting put Ubuntu leader Mark Shuttleworth as the necessary observations.
Shuttleworth argues that rolling releases are not real releases and are therefore not suitable for Ubuntu. He is afraid that there is not enough time to make software updates easy to test and are so-called point releases, that LTS releases will be updated, successful. But Shuttleworth is of the opinion that should be considered or the number of releases per year upwards, but you must have to look at whether the testing of the software even further automated process. Although a final decision about the option to switch to rolling releases has not yet been taken, the chance of that thanks to the statements of Shuttleworth, however, has become smaller.
The Ubuntu-foreman goes in his blogposting also the criticism of some on the way that Canonical is taking, such as the choice to use the Unity interface to develop further. According to Shuttleworth may be Canonical is simply not all developers are satisfied with the choices. The company would, however, with the accelerated development of Ubuntu and the current focus is on mobile phones, tablets and televisions, a ‘unique’ opportunity to open-source software, leading to be let in the current market.