Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
Michael M. wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 06:51 +0000, Joe Hart wrote:
>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>> Hash: SHA1
>>
>> 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.
>
>
True, but what sets Sidux apart from the rest is that it *is* Sid.
Most of the others are forks.
Right now Kano is being pretty silent, but he will annouce something
soon. In the meantime, we just have to wait.
It should only be a few days now and Etch will be released and then we
can how well Sidux can handle a floodgate of packages coming from
experimental. I am curious.
In the meantime, my Etch partition is doing fine, and I am sure it will
continue to do so.
Joe
- --
Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)
Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
iD8DBQFGEngZiXBCVWpc5J4RArwDAKC4uXFi+yKw3x6yGfdk3CeP2BQ17wCeOeFH
qxEEZj7BcEttGMt2Dod6YpE=
=H/Y+
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Reply to: