Op vr 13-02-2004, om 15:36 schreef Andrew Suffield: > On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:58:38PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > This has benefits in other areas too, of course, although it is much > > cited as one of the problems of stable; but the benefits of this system > > should be pointed out too, I think. > > stable being old is a feature. Of course, that's my point. > Calling it a problem is an exercise in > the apples and oranges fallacy (mismatched objectives). Well, it's obvious that it's a problem for those users that want the latest of everything, but it should be asked whether Debian Stable is intended for them, then. I just wanted to point out that if you're going to give arguments on why Debian is better than anything else "out there", you should also explain why the fact that stable is hardly ever updated is a feature, as it is much perceived to be a problem by ill-informed people. -- Wouter Verhelst Debian GNU/Linux -- http://www.debian.org Nederlandstalige Linux-documentatie -- http://nl.linux.org Most people have two reasons for doing anything -- a good reason, and the real reason
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