Re: Let's have a vote!

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>]

Stephen Allen wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 08:22:23AM +0200, Mart van de Wege wrote:
> > lee <lee@yagibdah.de> writes:
> >
> > > "Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl@jorgensen.org.uk> writes:
> > >
> > > > * not doing "crazy things", like running backports or
> > > >    testing/unstable [2], and no grabbing *.debs from weird places.
> > > Debian isn't as stable as you like to think.  I am required to run the
> > > latest kernel from backports for otherwise my server will crash due to
> > > NFS bugs, and for xen anyway.
> > >
> > > When I was still using Debian, I was forced to run testing for otherwise
> > > some relevant software would be too ancient.
> > >
> > > Now look at Fedora: They manage to make a distribution with non-ancient
> > > software, and it's running more stable than Debian stable.  I wonder why
> > > Debian can't do this.
> > Then why don't you go use Fedora if you're so unhappy with Debian? That
> > would save us all a lot of pissing and moaning on this mailing list, and
> > you a lot of grief.
> >
> > Mart
> > Archive: [🔎] 86fvfbx7xc.fsf@gaheris.avalon.lan">https://lists.debian.org/[🔎] 86fvfbx7xc.fsf@gaheris.avalon.lan
> ---end quoted text---
>
> He says he doesn't use Debian above to wit ..."when I was still using
> Debian,..."
>
> So, Lee why are you even here complaining about Debian - You've admitted
> you don't use it?!

For what it's worth - I find it useful to know who's moving to/from 
Debian, why, and to/from what.

Miles Fidelman

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