Re 2.5.3 release - Ubuntu

[John Ralls]

On Jul 9, 2013, at 1:21 AM, Chris Good <chris.good at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

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>> Hi John Ralls,
> 
> Congratulations & thanks to all that contributed! It looks like a very nice set of changes.
> 
> I'm wondering why you describe Ubuntu as 'aggressive'?
> Do you perhaps mean progressive? Or has some Ubuntu person hit you?

I call Ubuntu aggressive because even though they are a mass-market distro they're effectively shipping Debian Unstable. Users get the latest releases, but lose reliability. 

The rest of the Linux community considers them aggressive because of Unity and Mir, where they're going their own way instead of working with the rest of the Linux community.

My Mac's dictionary provides two definitions for "aggressive":
"ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by orresulting from aggression: he's very uncooperative and aggressive |aggressive behavior.
•    "pursuing one's aims and interests forcefully, sometimes unduly so: an aggressive businessman."

I have the second in mind for Ubuntu's packaging policies and the first for their development of Unity and especially Mir.

Regards,
John Ralls


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