The argument for rolling release in a nutshell.

otterley · on April 17, 2014

I prefer the "we bottle no wine before its time" model. It's one of the many reasons I prefer EL distributions to Ubuntu.

notatoad · on April 17, 2014

14.04 is an LTS version of ubuntu though.

otterley · on April 17, 2014

... which unfortunately means you're stuck with whatever's broken.

notatoad · on April 17, 2014

Sorry, i misunderstood your comment - i read "EL distributions of ubuntu" and thought you were using EL to mean LTS.

arjie · on April 17, 2014

Not necessarily. It can be fixed in point releases. This has happened before.

otterley · on April 17, 2014

I've only seen bug fixes in LTS releases, not changes in functionality that would address significant issues (at least under 10.04 and 12.04). Any significant change would be in a point release (e.g. 14.10) which is not LTS - so you can't have your cake and eat it too under this model.