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Re: testing and no release schedule



Scripsit Chris Cheney <ccheney@cheney.cx>

> I don't know if I have publically stated that I don't care about
> releases, but with Debian releasing as slowly as it is stable is of very
> little value to anyone unless they have systems roughly 6mo-1yr older
> than the release itself.

I found woody to be excellent value for the machine I bought in
October 2003, more than one year *after* the release.

> This is primarily due to the fact that the installer is never
> updated with newer kernels.

In this case I'm glad it isn't. This new machine for some reasons
refuses to boot 2.4, but runs great with 2.2.20 from boot-floppies.

-- 
Henning Makholm                                          Set your feet free!



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