On Tuesday 15 March 2005 14:34, Julien BLACHE wrote: > David Schmitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Sure, and I won't say the contrary. But having a great infrastructure > >> (which is the case) and great people doing good work is of no help in > >> making Debian if you haven't got any packages. We have some 10k+ > >> packages, only a fraction of them are actually maintained by those > >> people. > > > > Looking at efforts for coordination and doing the needed work for a > > stable release (tracking RC bugs, D-I, security support, buildd > > administration) the ratio is exactly the other way. Debian is > > Debian/stable. Removing those working primarily on releasing would leave > > only a shell of Debian behind. > > We are all working for the stable release, you know. We're all trying > to provide the best software in the best distribution. That's partly > why we're all trying to slip a new revision of a package under the > door: because we're never satisfied.
There are people who have other quality criteria than you. To expand your example, I do not believe that the latest version is always the greatest. > Saying anything else is just an insult to us all. Just because I have a different opinion than doesn't mean I am out to get you or something. I am well aware, that incredible masses of packages are maintained by great people out there at a level I probably won't reach. But I also have to admit, that my customers use only a minor fraction of those packages and that Debians ability for stable releases with all this includes are _today_ is a major decision factor for the upgrades done in two years time. Regards, David -- - hallo... wie gehts heute? - *hust* gut *rotz* *keuch* - gott sei dank kommunizieren wir über ein septisches medium ;) -- Matthias Leeb, Uni f. angewandte Kunst, 2005-02-15