Re: Goodbye stable?
Am Sonntag, 28. März 2004 18:40 schrieb Alexis Huxley:
> > I'm asking myself what the impacts of this are? Will Debian lose a lot
> > of users since the current stable release contains software which is
> > somtimes terrible old? What are the reasons for sarge taking so long to
> > become stable? Were there any such release problems with the previous
> > releases of Debian? Is it desirable for me to keep at Debian if I don't
> > get a relatively current system?
>
> Commercial impetus to get the next release on the shelves ASAP is
> *never* a consideration with Debian. Consequently, when a release
> does come, it has had more time to be tested and will be more free
> of bugs than other distributions.
>
> Sure, there *are* large gaps between releases, but it's swings and
> roundabouts: given the choose between support for the newest software
> and hardware, or stability and fewer bugs, then I choose for myself
> (and would choose for my company given the chance), Debian precisely
> for these reasons.
Were the gaps between releases ever so large as the gap between woody and
sarge?
> Alexis
Wolfgang
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