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unstable dist [was Re: OpenOffice]



On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 11:07:39AM -0600, SigmaX wrote:

> My point is that in the Debian world "Unstable" means "not garunteed to 
> work, but it works well anyway for non-production use"  testing means 
> "We're getting there... but we wouldn't garuntee that your server won't 
> get cracked if you run it."  Stable means "Titanium-solid, super-secure, 
> great for servers.  But the software is so old you won't be able to 
> stand it for home use."
> </rant>

My understanding is that the term unstable comes from the fact that the
distribution is unstable NOT the software.

-- 
cheers
Chris.
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