Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 00:45 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
> There have been a lot of talk and suggestions, for example, Joey Hess
> described Constantly Usable Testing, it sounds a bit like your
> suggestion.
> http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/debian/cut.html
>
> Also, there seems to be some interest of making official backports to
> support new hardware and new releases for typical desktop users. I would
> be surprised if this didn't happen for the Lenny release, or even
> sooner.
CUT was exactly what testing was supposed to be, in the beginning.
Period. It hasn't become that. It has gotten to the point that sometimes
testing is borkdened for long periods of time... in small areas mind
you, but still broken.
I think it would be good to have the Sidux group latch onto this. They
could really improve the whole process. It would make Testing usable at
any one moment. And make something you could always point to and say:
try that
And then watch problems melt. It would be a good thing, as it would make
Debian able to release a new version at nearly any time. In other words,
1 month between releases, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 2 years...
whatever they want.
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