Re: Running testing? -- read this.
On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 12:19:33PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
I wrote:
> > And in fact, for (using a number I just pulled out of thin air) 90% of the
> > time I've been using Debian, going back to Slink, Stable has been so
> > obsolete as to be hard to use for anything but some servers.
>
> Huh? The only time I ever used Testing was when I got a new box with
> SATA drives and Sarge didn't handle it well. I've stuck with Etch
> since. Actually, if Woody was still getting security updates, I'd have
> stuck with that. OK, perhaps some web pages wouldn't now work with
> Woody's Firefox.
"... going back to Slink ..."
Etch is still relatively fresh. At the same time, I had to use Lenny to
support my laptop. My server runs Etch.
If Lenny isn't released within about a quarter, Stable will again begin to
be hard to use with new computers, people who want recent versions of
software, etc.
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