Somebody that has followed Puppy from the days when Barry was still holding the torch may wonder - what happens with the Puppy releases these days? During its heyday, Puppy can get a new release every 2-3 weeks, or at least one can expect a new release in 2-3 months.

Nowadays, releases seem to be few and far between. Is this slowing down caused by lack of resources, lack of developers interest, or simply, lack of developers?

Actually, the answer is "none of the above". When Barry was at helm, Puppy was in its growing phase. A lot of ideas were tried and dropped, new tools were added (and later dropped), etc. It was also in flux. Nowadays, Puppy is more mature and less tinkering is needed, so you don't see releases that often.

Another reason is, there were complaints when releases were made too often. A personal Puppy installation took time and effort to customise, and to start over again after just 3 or 4 weeks was too much for many.

To balance all this, the implicit agreement is that Puppy releases are now made once every 6 months, give or take.

And lastly - there are actually point releases (or bug fix releases). You probably are not aware of them because they are not announced in Barry's blog; or they are not announced as a separate thread in the forum - they are posted in the same thread that announced the original release, but those posts quickly get drowned by other forum traffic.

And that's what this blog is supposed to do - the author of the Puppy can announce his or her own release here, with links back to the forum for discussion. In a way, this blog is to play the same role that Barry's blog played in the past (now that his blog covers a wider range of topics).

Posted on 15 Mar 2016, 13:31 by jamesb - Categories: Puppy
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Posted on 22 May 2016, 00:38 by darkcity
"Point releases"
It might be worth posting a blog entry for each point release.
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