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Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie



On Sat, Nov 12, 2005 at 04:55:36PM -0700, Scott wrote:
> Marc Wilson wrote:
> > OpenOffice.org 2 will never be added to Debian stable.  Instead, the next
> > time there is a stable release (Etch), OpenOffice.org 2 will be included.
> 
> And then OpenOffice.0rg 3, Firefox 2.0, GIMP 3.0, GNOME 2.16, and KDE
> 4.0 will be released within the following month discouraging many from
> sticking with Debian stable....

Which is no one's problem but their own. Despite what the average cluebie
believes, software does not come with a magic expiration date.

They use something other than stable, they deserve what happens to them.
That's why they're not releases.  'Nuff said.

-- 
 Marc Wilson |     He keeps differentiating, flying off on a tangent.
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