Comment 26 for bug 670161

On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Eric Hammond wrote:

> Scott: For many purposes, dailies are not "just as good" because they
> don't live forever. Some processes regularly run instances and need to
> have an AMI id which will not suddenly disappear. I would like to see
> Ubuntu release AMIs much more frequently, especially after bugs that
> cause problems for folks running the latest AMIs (like #683379).

I realize that dailies aren't the same as releases. I also would like to
get to the point where we're making regular monthly releases in addition
to releases in response to security issues or other flaws that would need
addressing.

I normally wouldn't suggest just using dailies for anything more than
preview/verification/test. However, in the case where the user is simply
wanting to run a "Free Tier" image and expects to be using that image as a
long-term instance, it would be acceptable for my personal needs. I can't
really imagine much other use for free tier.

Regarding bug 683379, we'll get refreshed images out. I simply didn't
think it made sense to push a release out this week with a kernel sitting
in -proposed.
I realize its painful, but there are documented work arounds.