The Debian GNU/Linux Project has decided to adopt time-based development freezes from now on, on a two-year cycle.
The policy was proposed and adopted at the project's yearly conference which is taking place in Caceres, Spain.
According to the scheme, details of which have been released by project spokesperson, Meike Reichle, from now on freezes will take place in the December of every odd year - 2009, 2011 and so on.
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http://mdzlog.alcor.net/2009/07/29/debian-is-not-switching-to-time-based-releases/
they will use the same approach as in previous releases, where they set criteria for release-critical bugs, and release when all release-critical bugs are closed.
The difference is that they will schedule the freeze date in advance. This means that there is a bounded time period available for new development, where things sometimes need to be broken in order to make progress. Once the freeze point is reached, Debian developers will minimize breakage and focus on stabilization. Once the RC bug count drops to zero, they’ll release as usual. That could happen soon after the freeze, or it could take a long time, depending on how many bugs are introduced during development.
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