Paul van der Vlis wrote:
Hello,One of the biggest disadvantages of Debian for me is the long time it takes for a new stable version.What about saying something like: the next stable release comes in the beginning of 2006?I can understand something like "Debian releases when it's ready", but many people have to work together. Maybe it's better to say: "a package releases when it's ready, but the deadline for the next Debian release is a fixed date".You will understand that my most important point is security-support. With regards, Paul van der Vlis.
Well, you could argue that debian branches are not perfectly named but: "stable" is best if you need *absolute* failsafety for critical jobs "testing" is best if you want a stable system with new(ish) software "unstable" is for everybody who needs the newest software, like me.honestly, I have never had problems (yet) with using sid for day-to-day stuff. If I needed something more production-ready, I'd use testing because you have (almost) garantee that the software will work and you will have security updates, too. (But not in the same quality as "stable", as I understand it. If I needed to run a always-needed very-important server on the internet, I would use "stable".
Regards, Thomas Jollans