Debian adopts time-based releases -- somebody check the temperature in hell

Posted by scrubs on Aug 1, 2009 11:02 AM EDT
Free Software Magazine; By Ryan Cartwright
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You may have seen that the Debian project (my particular GNU/Linux distribution of choice) has decided to schedule fixed time-based releases in future. This has come as a surprise to many — including possibly some Debian developers — largely because of Debian’s long-standing “we ship when it’s ready” policy. So what caused this change of heart and is it a good idea?

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