Fedora Might Shift To A Tick-Tock Release Cadence

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Fedora Might Shift To A Tick-Tock Release Cadence

Inspired by Intel's tick-tock model of processor development cycles in flipping between architecture and manufacturing advancements, Fedora Linux developers are currently considering a similar model in flipping between feature releases...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTg1NDI

[pipe13]

Right. So what, exactly, is broke?

[Delgarde]

Right. So what, exactly, is broke?

Well, there's the fact that assuming no further delays, F21 will *just* squeeze in at less than 12 months since F20... this on a project that claims a 6-monthly release cycle.

[Ericg]

Well, there's the fact that assuming no further delays, F21 will *just* squeeze in at less than 12 months since F20... this on a project that claims a 6-monthly release cycle.

The Fedora 20 --> 21 was GOING to be a year. They announced that. That wasn't a "shock." Fedora tends to do 6 - 8 months between releases. This time, with the splitting of the products, getting ready for Wayland, etc, they said they knew this would be about a year.

[Anvil]

Right. So what, exactly, is broke?

Gnome3 :-)

this talk of a tick-tock kinda release might be good but all this is , is just plain TALK, it more than likely will not happen

[Anvil]

people that need/want this should just use CentOS or RHEL imo if they want/crave stability. by the looks/sounds of it, Matthew Miller is just raising an old aged subject again

as Noted by Richard Hughes, " im sure Desktop SIG wouldnt like this kinda Model " https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipe...er/204933.html

[grndzro]

Gnome3 :-)

this talk of a tick-tock kinda release might be good but all this is , is just plain TALK, it more than likely will not happen

There is nothing broken with Gnome 3. With extensions you can make it behave any way you want.
Gnome 3.14 is excellent. I would rather have a simple desktop and add functionality than to have everything including the kitchen sink rammed down my throat like KDE.

[Delgarde]

The Fedora 20 --> 21 was GOING to be a year. They announced that. That wasn't a "shock." Fedora tends to do 6 - 8 months between releases. This time, with the splitting of the products, getting ready for Wayland, etc, they said they knew this would be about a year.

Sure, but that's the point - surprise or not, these big behind-the-scenes changes essentially forced the project to skip a release... it wasn't possible to deliver changes while keeping to a six-month cycle.

[RahulSundaram]

Sure, but that's the point - surprise or not, these big behind-the-scenes changes essentially forced the project to skip a release... it wasn't possible to deliver changes while keeping to a six-month cycle.

I wouldn't claim that. It would have been possible to deliver the changes but certain teams wanted more time to do it in a less hurried fashion and that request was granted. It was a pretty deliberate decision and I think Fedora 21 has certainly been reviewed much more positively long before release than any other release in recent history.

[artivision]

I wouldn't claim that. It would have been possible to deliver the changes but certain teams wanted more time to do it in a less hurried fashion and that request was granted. It was a pretty deliberate decision and I think Fedora 21 has certainly been reviewed much more positively long before release than any other release in recent history.

Just auto update fedora for ever. You don't have to make it rolling release or to drop the numbers, just auto update it every six months and auto replace software that is discontinued. You must have only one fedora auto updated, any extra ISO file or Terminal command for upgrade it means that you have failed. You don't understand that Linux must become easier for simple users.