Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie
On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 11:11 +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote:
> Steve Lamb wrote:
> > Andy Streich wrote:
> >
> >>latest and greatest of everything. What I did find surprising after reading
> >>this list for a while was that stable meant not only really stable but also
> >>really slow release cycle. Okay, that's the price you pay for "really
> >>stable."
> >
> >
> > Why be so hung up on release cycles? I mean, really. You know how much
> > attention I've paid to Debian's release cycles since installing? Well, other
> > than the libc5 -> glibc2 conversion, none. Again, it has to be stressed,
> > there is nothing that prevents the user from upgrading any package they choose
> > to a later version. None. At all. Stable just means it won't be updated out
> > from under you. That's *it*. You want newer, go get newer! Have fun!
> > Debian won't be upset, I promise.
>
> It's not that simple. A lot of newbies dive into testing or unstable
> because they "have" to have the newest stuff, then they don't know what
> to do when their system breaks.
So it's Debian's *fault* that newbies whine when they make no effort
to read the Debian web site?
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