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Ubuntu Considers Taking It Easier On Software Updates Over Weekends


Ubuntu developers are looking at extending their policy of not releasing stable release updates (SRUs) around the weekend as well as not phasing them up to 100% during those weekend times either.

Julian Andres Klode of Canonical laid out the proposal this week on the Ubuntu development mailing list: We'll see if this policy change around weekend SRU updates on Ubuntu Linux takes hold.About The AuthorMichael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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