Re: Debian desktop -situation, proposals for discussion and change. Users point of view.

["Mgr. Peter Tuharsky" <tuharsky@misbb.sk>]

Steve,


I see main problem with testing that broad platform changes are going 
there. That's why things break sometimes there.

That's why I think, that the Stable platform with new desktop software 
might be the choice -the new software versions with no platform 
dependecies breakage risk.

This is closest to "backports" and "volatile" idea. I wouldn't call it 
"backports" however, because that reminds porting some very new software 
to some very old platform, and this is not the case. The stable's basic 
platform should stay LSB-compliant and "moderately-aged" (supported by 
all main software vendors) for the whole length of release cycle. Thus 
the new versions of desktop software wouldn't be "backported"; just 
compiled against ordinary, stable platform.


I don't know how real the vision is, however it shouldn't be completely 
impossible I hope ;-)


Peter