Webmin doesn't install properly on Woody?

[Mac McCaskie <mccaskie@kc.rr.com>]

Hey folks,

I'm fairly new to debian and have been playing around getting a web 
server up and running.

I ran into what I thought sounded like a dream come true, WebMin.  So I 
installed it via dselect with some packages I thought I'd need.  However 
now I cannot get it to run.  After doing some spelunking I've discovered 
a few things via comments I've read around and about.

-The current .deb package does not install all needed packages.
-Webmin is way behind (ie out of date) in Woody.
-The maintainer is apparently not keeping up.
-There is no bug report about it's failure to install properly.

Now, before my b*tt gets flamed, I realize I am a newbie and the problem 
may not be webmin.  And if you flame a noowbie then shame on you.

My real question is this,
-should I give up on Woody and move to Sarge as one post (elsewhere) 
suggested in hopes that Sarge's .deb will actually work?
-give up on the .deb package system and use the .tar file - (takes me 
back to DOS days)?
-just shut up and hope someday it will be magically fixed?

Thanks for any help,

Mac <confused> McCaskie