Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
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On 04/02/07 16:53, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> ---- Wei Chen wrote:
>> So I'd say that maybe Stable is really not for Desktop use.
>> Testing is the best choice because it is neither too dangerous
>> nor too old.
>
> What do you think about adding a new release type maybe called
> "current"? Then our release structure would look like this:
>
> -------------
> | Unstable |------
> ------------- |
> | |
> | |
> ----------- |
> | Testing | |
> ----------- |
> | |
> -------------------- |
> | | |
> ---------- -----------
> | Stable | | Current |
> ---------- -----------
>
> Current would get both security and feature updates. We could
> advertise this as the perfect blend of stability and up-to-date
> software. Immediately after a release, Current would lag behind
> Testing so it would be more stable. Conversely, during the freeze
> we might be able to pull some packages from Unstable.
>
> I am pretty new to Debian so I am sure there are a thousand
> reasons why the above is a bad idea, or just too hard to
> implement. But it seems like it's worth discussing. And before
> anyone gives me a hard time let me say, "I am not complaining".
That's called http://www.backports.org and Debian doesn't do it
because it would be just that much more work on top of the already
difficult task of getting Testing turned into Stable.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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