Re: Where is Debian going?
--- Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca> wrote:
> Groan, not this again. Yes the release cycle is
> slow. No, this is not a
> good thing. But this topic has been done to death.
> Please search the
> archives for dozens of postings similar to yours. I
> don't see anything new
> here. And I don't see any developer in any of those
> threads saying "more
> discussion is needed on this topic -- we simply
> don't have enough ideas for
> how to fix it, so please send us yours".
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 03:45:30PM +0200, giuseppe
> bonacci wrote:
> > (BTW: no user new to Debian will try 'Testing' or
> 'Unstable' before
> > 'Stable'.)
>
> This premise is false. Many people are introduced
> to Debian through our
> LUG. When they, do, they invariably install
> 'testing'. The LUG members are
> more than happy to help each other work through any
> glitches in the install
> (and there would be glitches anyway, even if the new
> users had installed
> 'stable' -- this is the way with first-time
> installs).
>
> While not ideal, testing works for enough people,
> and well enough, so that
> the Debian user base is not hemorrhaging disatisfied
> users running back to
> RH, as you imagine.
>
> Ben
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