Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 06:51 +0000, Joe Hart wrote:
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> Greg Folkert wrote:
> > 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.
>
> I don't think the Sidux developers plan on tackling testing, but I think
> Kanotix is. According to the latest scuttlebutt, Testing is going to be
> the basis for Kanotix, not Ubuntu.
>
> Kano changes his mind frequently on the issue, so we'll just have to
> wait until he releases something.
It would be great if *someone* would try that. There are so many
Debian-based distros out there that version off unstable, but none that
I know of that version off testing. IMO, it would fill a gap and be a
good alternative for those of us for whom Ubuntu, Sidux, etc., are too
bleeding-edge and bug-prone but get frustrated by the long periods of
stagnation in Debian testing. I'd be happy enough if there was
backports.org-type project for testing, but a separate distro focussing
on fewer architectures would be ideal. And it wouldn't compromise or
distract Debian from its core mission and goals.
--
Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA
"No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions
of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to
dream." --S. Jackson
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