hi you all, I'd like to propose to go back to a schedule where NixOS is released in September xx.09 and
March xx.03. I do not know the reasons for that change back then in 2020.

with November xx.11 and and May xx.05 we effectivley remove one 1 week of the 4 weeks a previous NixOS release is supported. I guess for most there is enough stress at the end of the year already.

I am noticing the effects right now at work, where I need to upgrade several machines to 25.11. due to Christmas and Chaos Communication Congress I have to rush that, if do not want to on holidays.

since a big part of the NixOS community is Western civilised and probably at least visiting family at Christmas even if not celebrating, I think we can measure this in.

where do you think can I propose this more prominently? Discourse? I know this would be a big change…

hi you all, I'd like to propose to go back to a schedule where NixOS is released in September xx.09 and March xx.03. I do not know the reasons for that change back then in 2020.

with November xx.11 and and May xx.05 we effectivley remove one 1 week of the 4 weeks a previous NixOS release is supported. I guess for most there is enough stress at the end of the year already.

I am noticing the effects right now at work, where I need to upgrade several machines to 25.11. due to Christmas and Chaos Communication Congress I have to rush that, if do not want to on holidays.

since a big part of the NixOS community is Western civilised and probably at least visiting family at Christmas even if not celebrating, I think we can measure this in.

where do you think can I propose this more prominently? Discourse? I know this would be a big change…

hi you all, I'd like to propose to go back to a schedule where NixOS is released in September xx.09 and March xx.03. I do not know the reasons for that change back then in 2020.

with November xx.11 and and May xx.05 we effectivley remove one 1 week of the 4 weeks a previous NixOS release is supported. I guess for most there is enough stress at the end of the year already.

I am noticing the effects right now at work, where I need to upgrade several machines to 25.11. due to Christmas and Chaos Communication Congress I have to rush that, if do not want to work on holidays.

since a big part of the NixOS community is Western civilised and probably at least visiting family at Christmas even if not celebrating, I think we can measure this in.

where do you think can I propose this more prominently? Discourse? I know this would be a big change…

fwiw the original motivation is documented here: https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0080-nixos-release-schedule.md#motivation

(I didn't check if it still applies, but figured it might help with your considerations)

The current March and September release months may be the worst months for GNOME and Plasma
https://github.com/NixOS/rfcs/blob/master/rfcs/0080-nixos-release-schedule.md?plain=1#L32

KDE Plasma releases roughly three major feature releases a year
https://endoflife.date/kde-plasma

yea, well…