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Re: Switching from Etch to Lenny - help me assess the risk.



On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 06:53:59PM +0200, Γιώργος Πάλλας wrote:
> I have exactly the same opinion as Alan. As I wrote in another thread
> about debian versions, Lenny (or testing in general) is so stable that
> personally, having never run 'Stable', I can't imagine how much more
> stable could a distribution be.

My understanding is that "stable" means unchanging. That is "stable"
doesn't change (except for security updates) whereas "unstable" (or Sid)
is constantly changing -- hence unstable. It does NOT mean "buggy",
"likely to crash" ... etc!


-- 
Chris.
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I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god
than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other
possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
                                           -- Stephen F Roberts


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