does anyone else think that releasing a LTS version of Ubuntu in April is a bad idea?
Don't get this the wrong way. The decision about making Hardy a LTS release was made some time ago. But it seems to me that it would have made a lot more sense releasing a LTS version this coming October instead, especially considering the following:
It seems that Firefox 3 won't be released in a final state until some time in may. The beta 4 will come out in March 10-14, and beta 5 late March which means that the RCs will be released during April. Therefore there's a strong sense that Hardy will have a Firefox 3 Release Candidate (1 or 2).
OpenOffice 3 will, according to the release schedule, be released in September. And OO3 will be a major upgrade adding a lot of new (important) features.
Gnome 2.22 is, as I see it, a work-in-progress. Switching the main Gnome apps to GVFS isn't finished (Evolution, Rhythmbox and others). And even though Nautilus has been ported to GVFS, it looks like it needs a lot more testing.
I dont know if I'm right about this, but it seems that the integration of PulseAudio also needs more work.
It just seems that making Ibex a LTS would have been a better choice.
The selling points would be more clearer:
Firefox 3 (Final)
OpenOffice 3
Gnome 2.24
Linux 2.6.26
Ekiga 3
Gimp 2.5+
At least the new Kubuntu LTS will be released in October simply because of KDE4, its hard to grasp why they don't move the date. It's only 6 months.
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