Re: transition to lenny stable
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Mario Daniel Carugno wrote:
> Hi there, i have some questions about the dynamics of a testing-to-stable
> transition.
>
> Whenever lenny be stable, it will be the most attractive Debian release to
> use (stable and actualized).
Well, we use stable for servers (normally) not for final user, for that
reason, at the beginning the packages are up to date, their are (almost)
in the last version.
> So i will use it for a while. Meantime, will squeeze be a buggy release ? In
> other words, the new testing
> releases are buggy for a while, until it gets more stable ? Or all testing
> releases are similar (about
> stability) at any moment ?
So, lenny became a stable version after 2 years (more or less), since
2006. And testing is (almost) stable, it's kind of rare that testing
version get broken.
> So, after a new stable release is launched, how many time it takes to get
> obsolete and thus less attractive
> for desktop users ?
As I said, stable is not for final user, try to use testing, and in that
way your Debian installation is going to be updated.
> I hope to be clear because my english is not ver good :(
Don't worry, my English is not so good either
>
> Thanks
>
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