Re: discussing Debians qualities
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi, Julien BLACHE wrote:
>
> > The time it takes to do a release nowadays might very well be related
> > to the use of testing. I tend to think we did better before we
> > introduced testing.
>
> Probably. On the other hand, I think that the coverage we get from testing
> is a lot higher than from unstable, by the simple fact that more people
> risk using testing as their day-to-day system. (I wouldn't dream of
> installing Unstable on my "Real Work" system. Testing? No problem.)
Interesting idea. The increased coverage most likely leads to more problems
being found, which means more time is needed to fix them. In the end, this
leads to a better release.
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