Re: discussing Debians qualities
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David Schmitt <david@schmitt.edv-bus.at> wrote:
>> We are all working for the stable release, you know. We're all trying
>> to provide the best software in the best distribution. That's partly
>> why we're all trying to slip a new revision of a package under the
>> door: because we're never satisfied.
>
> There are people who have other quality criteria than you. To expand your
> example, I do not believe that the latest version is always the greatest.
Here I agree with you, and I already skipped some upstream versions
for my packages because they weren't good enough.
>> Saying anything else is just an insult to us all.
>
> Just because I have a different opinion than doesn't mean I am out to get you
Telling that most of Debian isn't working towards a release doesn't
reflect the reality at all. Period.
> or something. I am well aware, that incredible masses of packages are
> maintained by great people out there at a level I probably won't reach. But I
> also have to admit, that my customers use only a minor fraction of those
> packages and that Debians ability for stable releases with all this includes
> are _today_ is a major decision factor for the upgrades done in two years
> time.
The time it takes to do a release nowadays might very well be related
to the use of testing. I tend to think we did better before we
introduced testing. We should try to make a release without using
testing, and see how it goes (but in doing so, we must try to keep
arches in sync, for the mental sanity of the security team -- that's
maybe the only thing testing is good at).
JB.
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