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Re: Ubuntu vs. Debian (was Re: Introduction)



On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 07:03:18AM +0100, Joe Hart wrote:
> Guillermo Garron wrote:
> >On 2/11/07, Joe Hart <j.hart@orange.nl> wrote:
> >>Guillermo Garron wrote:
> >>>> tom arnall wrote:
 
> Yes, it works that way because Debian Testing is constantly being 
> updated with packages.  The latest release of Ubuntu is always a 
> snapshot of Unstable a few months before they release.  By the time they 
> do release, a large number of the packages have already migrated to 
> Testing.  

So Ubuntu in effect Freezes the release sooner and then just does bug fixes
until they figure it is stable enough, whereas Debian doesn't freeze
testing untill more stuff is ready?

Doug.



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