Re: Another "testing" vs "unstable" question
On 2004-06-22, Jules Dubois penned:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:38:51 -0500, Michael Satterwhite wrote:
>
>> On Monday 21 June 2004 12:03, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
>>> If you're trying to avoid any downtime or difficulty whatsoever, run
>>> stable and live with the age of the packages.
>>
>> Not exactly promoting Debian, are we?
>
> She is. Debian stable is an excellent argument in favor of running a
> Debian release. There's no other distribution or flavor providing its
> reliability or availability.
Indeed. I actually meant my statement to be in support of the stable
distribution. I guess I should have made that clearer.
Still, no one benefits from having blinders over their eyes. Stable is
the most stable, and it's also the least current. I don't see how it
could be any other way. They're on opposite ends of the same spectrum.
>> Others here, however, are doing a much better job.
>
> You've missed the point and owe an apology.
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but it's okay. Everyone's entitled
to a cranky day once in a while.
--
monique
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