Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie
Marc Wilson wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 04:55:36PM -0700, Scott wrote:
>
>>Marc Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>OpenOffice.org 2 will never be added to Debian stable. Instead, the next
>>>time there is a stable release (Etch), OpenOffice.org 2 will be included.
>>
>>And then OpenOffice.0rg 3, Firefox 2.0, GIMP 3.0, GNOME 2.16, and KDE
>>4.0 will be released within the following month discouraging many from
>>sticking with Debian stable....
>
>
> Which is no one's problem but their own.
Which is all that matters (or doesn't) to "them".
>Despite what the average cluebie
> believes, software does not come with a magic expiration date.
No agrument there, often times I've stuck with a program because I
didn't like what the "new and improved" version brought me.
> They use something other than stable, they deserve what happens to them.
> That's why they're not releases. 'Nuff said.
Or they find a distro that can produce a stable version in less than
three years. There are a number of them. It's really not at all unsual...
Oh, now I'm done.
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Scott
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