Re: Non-security updates between stable releases?
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:20:02 +0200, Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@bzed.de> said:
>> Would you consider the possibility that you might be underestimating
>> the skill level of a significant segment of our user base? I would
>> think that Debian is the domain of skilled users; and that the
>> novices are mostly fled to fedora/ubuntu/xandros/linspire.
> In my opinion exactly this should be a goal for Debian: become the
> favourite distribution for the not so skilled users. A lot of things
> are much better and more easy to handle than in other distributions
> (yes, including Ubuntu) - for example a _working_ upgrade
> path. Installing Debian is pretty easy these days and KDE/Gnome
> provide a lot of features which make sure that the not-so-skilled user
> will have a good experience, so it should be possible to become the
> favourite distribution of all people.
If that is an itch you feel like scratching, go right ahead. It
is not something I feel a particular need to do. As long as you do not
destroy the experience for skilled users, I have absolutely no
objection (I do object to dumbing down the OS to cater to people who
get confused when they see "options").
manoj
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