Unit193 | As far as the LTS thing goes, that's a bit annoying as only Ubuntu and Kubuntu are 5 years, afaik. | 00:50 |
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Unit193 | Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and I believe Ubuntu Studio just do 3. | 00:50 |
* rww headache | 04:10 | |
rww | so there are three different support durations then? | 04:10 |
Unit193 | 9 month normal release, 3 year LTS, 5 year LTS. | 05:48 |
MooDoo | hello all | 06:13 |
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hggdh | so perhaps we can change the text to: (...) and from 3 to 5 years (LTS) (...)" | 14:48 |
teward | i think that adds an extra layer of complexity to the thing - if we're making it work for all of them, then wouldn't we have to specify which LTSes have which relese? | 15:54 |
teward | because with hggdh's comment about changing it to 'and from 3 to 5 years (LTS)' there's the ambiguity again | 15:54 |
teward | and then that gets misconstrued for all LTSes | 15:54 |
teward | and by 'complexity' that includes the effort to reduce ambiguity | 15:55 |
teward | if we don't change the text to be more specific, then we need to find authoritative information links which would then point to the difference | 15:55 |
teward | unless the Releases wiki page, under its "Support Length" bullet for Long Term Support releases details that difference with other flavors? | 15:56 |
teward | actually, if we're going down this path, Unit193, we can't just say "Ubuntu releases..." in the factoid, can we? | 15:57 |
teward | hating my keyboard... but even if I'm overanalyzing, the idea would be to reduce ambiguity and confusion, not to exchange one confusing statement for another | 15:58 |
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hggdh | flavours can decide what length of support they will provide. Ubuntu provides 5 years, but it is based on resources Canonical has to commit. Other flavours, being (mostly) community, may not have the resources. | 16:37 |
hggdh | this is part of the game, and expected. The factoid is correct if it points to authoritative documents. | 16:38 |
teward | except it doesn't if we expand the factoid to include 3 years | 16:38 |
teward | none of those links it has points to other-flavors release terms | 16:38 |
teward | "3 or 5 years (LTS)" according to what? Those links? They don't touch base on the other releases. | 16:39 |
teward | Again, we lead into ambiguity | 16:39 |
hggdh | it all depends. Again, *Ubuntu* is 5 years. Others are not. The factoid is (being picky) wrong, then. I am not sure this is a big deal, though. | 16:41 |
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