Ever since the Debian Weekly News became occasional, This blogger has been intermittently posting his own analysis of the goings on in the Debian world.

No.5, the current post, seems particularly insightful to me. Beneath the joviality is the undeniable acknowledgment that it really doesn't matter when Etch is "released" as long as it's ready.

Agreed. Debians reputation is nothing if not "Rock Solid". And rock solid does not always happen on a schedule, concrete takes time to cure. BTW, good read.

TuxSurfer

I'm useing etch, never had a distro so good

Hopefully it will be ready faster then it took them to get Sarge ready. Personally I see nothing wrong with bringing in help if it helps them get the next release out in a timely manner.

I think it's too early to say that Dunc Tank has failed. I admit that I got annoyed at woody when it lasted, what, three years as stable? In fact, I got annoyed enough to spend a couple of those years with freebsd. And by the time sarge went stable, it was already too old for me, so I pretty much skipped it entirely and switched permanently to testing.

So imo if Dunc Tank can significantly improve on etch going stable (ie, even if the intended 14 months from sarge to etch turns into 16 or 18 months) as long as it's significantly better than the ~36 months from woody to sarge, it will still be okay with me, and good for debian. Etch really is shaping up to be a nice release.

It's not a big deal for me now, though, since I think testing is great.