Time-based release cycles have been extremely beneficial for free and open source software projects and the idea has caught on organically. Taking it to the next level, "meta-cycles" for projects and Linux distributions that consume all of the upstream projects, hasn't gone so quickly. In an effort to change that, Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth has posted an update on aligning Debian and Ubuntu package freezes, and hopes to inspire further conversations with upstreams around encouraging "cadence" on major releases.
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