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Three-Generations Release Cycle

Here is my proposal for a Linux distro release cycle

  • major releases every 2 years
  • point releases (accumulating updates) every year
  • releases happenning on the beginning of the year, ideally on the 1st of January
  • versions based on calendar years - version 10 released in January 2010, version 12 in January …