Re: Kernel 2.2 and Slink
On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 05:02:57PM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 06, 1999 at 03:35:40PM +0100, Federico Di Gregorio wrote:
> >
> > I really like the idea of "upgrade packs". Debian always had
> > the problem of releasing very stable but with old versions of some
> > programs (without a lot of features the new versions have).
>
> This is not quite true. If you look at for example SuSE, you will find that
> a lot of packages are badly maintained and quite old. Don't be blinded by
> kernel version number and other mainstream things. Even a Debian stable
> version is very current when it is current. It is not bleeding edge, but
> stable and up to date.
>
> For a developer, everything is old very soon. This is not how a user
> anticipates things (or should anticipate them).
HI,
it is pretty embarassing when a friend looking at my box
ask me "hey, I don't have that on the CD you burned me" and you have
to answer "edit /etc/apt/sources.list and pay about 40$ to the
telephone company". (I usually make some CD with the latest packages
after I find them stable, but an official way to manage this kind
of stuff would be nice.)
Ciao,
Federico
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