Re: [orca-list] Ubuntu 12.10 and beyond, Unity 2D will no longer be maintained.

[Thomas Ward <thomasward1978 gmail com>]

Hi Krishnakant,

Agreed. I don't usually upgrade everything between LTS releases anyway 
so if it takes until Ubuntu 14for Unity 3D to become fully accessible I 
don't mind. I can stick with Unity 2D and/or the Gnome Shell until then. 
I usually only install intermediate releases on a test box either for 
development purposes or to test what's coming down the pipeline for the 
next LTS. I've always just used stable LTS releases for mass deployment. 
In this case 12.04 will be supported up to 2017 so even if Ubuntu 14 
doesn't pan out we'll still have bug fixes and support for 12 until 
Ubuntu 16 rolls out.

Which brings up an issue. You talk about an average user upgrading say 
once a year even though that isn't strictly necessary. I would think the 
average users would upgrade to LTS releases which are usually stable and 
generally well tested beforehand. The intermediate releases while 
usually stable only have support for about six months before the next 
intermediate release is rolled out. I really don't see why anyone would 
put those on production machines just because of the hassle of backing 
up data, upgrading, and then restoring anything needed from backups. 
Meanwhile the LTS release continues to get patches, bug fixes, and 
updated software packages without the hassle of a massive upgrade and 
backup and restore.

Cheers!

On 5/11/2012 12:35 AM, Krishnakant Mane wrote:
> Yes, and untill then, we at least have Unity 2D on Ubuntu 12.04.
> A person like me would hardly upgrade for a year on an average.
> I do have machines for testing new stuff, but my main machine I am 
> sure will run Unity 2D till at least Ubuntu 13.04, untill which we 
> might have a fairly accessible gnome shell.
> Happy hacking.
> Krishnakant.