❦ 19 août 2013 22:19 CEST, Clint Byrum <spamaps@debian.org> : >> Many people seem to justify a switch to Ubuntu LTS with the argument of >> 5-year security support. This support only applies for packages in >> main. A common example is nginx which is in universe. Packages in >> universe are just unsupported. They may or may not get any security >> support. If you need to advocate for Debian vs Ubuntu, I think this is a >> strong argument. > > Most places as large and tech-savvy as Dreamhost are happy to maintain > something at the core of their business like a webserver (i.e. nginx). It > is glibc, gcc, sshd, the kernel, bash, etc., that they don't want to > have to think about. > > The 2 year cadence has left users with very little time to actually > capitalize on their investment when upgrading. If one has 10 apps to > test and roll out on the new stable, and each app takes 1 month to get > there, and one starts immediately on release day, one now has 14 months > to recoup that time investment before one must start again. The only > real answer that makes sense is to continuously deploy on unstable, > but then you will suffer when a massive breaking transition begins. > > Those 5 year cycles just give users more cushion. Russ already replied and I agree with its reply. Just to say that Debian usually has a 3 year support. This is the kind of misguiding that I usually hear when people promotes Ubuntu over Debian. > Also, if you're going to argue Debian vs. Ubuntu, you are going to argue > that volunteer maintainers on _all_ packages are more desirable than > paid maintainers on the core OS that you don't want to care about. I am > not sure that is an argument that I could win, but maybe you are more > persuasive than I am. Please, this is FUD. Stick to the facts. What core packages is of lesser quality in Debian than in Ubuntu? -- /* * For moronic filesystems that do not allow holes in file. * We may have to extend the file. */ 2.4.0-test2 /usr/src/linux/fs/buffer.c
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