Re: how many bugs in 3.1r0?
lroy@ccsi.com wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 07:58:19PM -0700, j smith wrote:
> > i have just downloaded 1st CD of 3.1, only to find the
> > following "Last Minute Notes" in README.txt:
> >
> > You should keep in mind that this is an unofficial CD
> > of the current development version of the Debian
> > system. This means that all sorts of bugs may be
> > present anywhere in the system.
> >
> > i'm completely confused. after waiting for so long,
> > 3.1 still has so many bugs?
> >
>
> They just said all sorts of bugs *may* be present.
>
> They don't really know, until they get everybody using it.
> Just like a new kernel. That's when the real testing happens.
Apparently 3 years of testing for Sarge are not enough testing? That's
what the release name "Testing" stands for, after all. Now Sarge is
labelled "Stable", and that means a reputation to live up to, in
Debian.
It is clearly an error, or is it? It makes for a very nice paradox:
since the README comes with a Stable release, it is out of place. But
since it is out of place, its presence is a bug, therefore making its
claim true, and consequently it is _not_ a bug... thus it is not out of
place in a Stable release :^)
Basajaun
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