Re: A few general questions from a Debian newbie
Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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?
No, it's not, and that's not what I said. I was pointing out that
encouraging newbies to use testing or unstable, is possibly not the best
idea ever.
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