Re: "I do consider Ubuntu to be Debian" , Ian Murdock

[Owen Heisler <owenh000@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 21:25 +0200, Joe Hart wrote:
> Roberto wrote:
> > That's not really a fair characterization.  The Debian project (release
> > managers, developers, et al) value the target dates.  However, they
> > value completeness and stability *more* than the calendar.
> 
> There should be no calender.  It should be measured in quality, just
> like it is.  If one doesn't like having to wait for things to be marked
> stable, they can upgrade to Testing or even Unstable, but they have to
> accept the risks that go along with that upgrade.  If they don't want
> that risk, then there is nothing that says they can't switch to another
> distribution, but from my experience (which I admit is limited), no
> other system offers both the flexibility nor the quality of Debian.

In other words: in Debian, stability and quality is prioritized over
timely releases.  Which is good.  (I will be patient.)  And really, is
there any other distribution that supports as many packages and
architectures?

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