Re: this post is not off-topic
>>"synthespian" == synthespian <synthespian@debian-rs.org> writes:
synthespian> For one thing, it would be good to know what the users
synthespian> think. Sure,
If you say so. I am not sure I personally have much interest
in the matter.
synthespian> Those who are able, like you seem to claim to be,
synthespian> sometimes get caught up in these self-righteous
synthespian> arguments and that attitude. And then, ad hominem
synthespian> attacks...
What ad hominem attacks are you referring to? And I am self
righteous, am I? You really expect to continue a civil discourse after
calling people self righteous?
synthespian> But what is the rationale, truly, of synching the
synthespian> releases of the 11 architectures? There has _got_ to be
We release Debian at one time, so one does not need to
maintain different versions of source packages as stable for various
architectures, one need not look to see which version was released
for which architecture, one does not need rewrite all the archive
code that is used internally for maintaining the master archives, one
reduces the burden on the security team, having to track several
different stable versions of each source package .. shall I go on?
synthespian> a better argument then the ones you've given ("hey, this
synthespian> is Debian, don't like it, screw you").
This is libel, or at least, slander. Quote me chapter and
verse, or withdraw the lie. I never said anything about synchronizing
different arches, which is a no brainer. I did make statements about
releasing architectures at all, but that is a different kettle of fish.
synthespian> When you consider the current sistuation in the
synthespian> GNU/Linux world (United Linux, for instance), it's
synthespian> immediately clear that Debian is the only true distro
synthespian> out there. In that context, it is important to get
synthespian> releases for i386 and PPC out sooner than later.
synthespian> Don't you think?
Nope. What the non free world does, or does not do, does not
affect release decisions for Debian. We release when we are ready. We
are not yet ready. Period.
manoj
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