Re: Let's have a vote!
Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> writes:
> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:38:18PM +0200, lee wrote:
>> Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > On 09/27/2014 02:49 PM, lee wrote:
>> >
>> >> Just ask yourself: Why would someone choose to download an ISO for
>> >> Debian?
>> >
>> > For me, it's the safest way to install/upgrade. I have had too many
>> > problems with interrupted live major migration to the next release
>> > level via an upgrade, or a live network total install. Owell, I'm not
>> > huge fan of cloud based services either. :) Ric
>>
>> And why would you download an ISO for Debian? You could download an ISO
>> for arch, Fedora, Gentoo, Ubuntu, *BSD or whatever instead.
>
> In that case it would be a vote for one of them.
Or it would be a vote against them. Lots of people using Fedora seemed
to re-install instead of upgrading.
> Did you read the thread
> again? You've somehow managed to drift off on some weird path.
I was merely asking why someone would download a Debian ISO in response
to someone else claiming that downloading a Debian ISO is a vote for
Debian. More people chimed in, and we're having a lively discussion. Is
that what you call "drifting off"?
> [misguided personal opinion snipped]
What is misguided about being of the opinion that it speaks against a
Linux distribution when upgrading this distribution doesn't work?
Is that a new feature designed to make people download more ISOs?
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