Tim Hull dijo [Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 07:14:50PM -0400]: > > Please enumerate which features are present in the new version of Gnome > > which are not present in the Etch version that the "average" user simply > > cannot live without. > > gnome-power-manager contains massive improvements, for one thing - which > means I can actually use my laptop's special keys (volume etc). Also, > gnome-power-manager supports suspend much more. > > GNOME probably isn't the biggest concern, though - there are other areas > that will be quite concerns with Etch towards then end of its life cycle. > In particular, the kernel and X.org will be lacking much support for recent > hardware (think back to past releases and you'll know what I mean).
Let me add emphasis to the "cannot live without" part. Debian is known for valuing more overall integration and stability than bleeding uptodateness or featurefullness. Yes, the situation towards the end of the Woody life cycle was already unsustainable, and many people were running completely hybrid machines instead of three year old, although stable (but really not satisfying for many use cases) functionality. Right now, most of us can still sit at a Sarge machine and feel it completely usable. Etch is still -for me- as up to date as I want it for a _user_ to be. Maybe, if Etch does not satisfy you, you are not Debian's target user :) Of course, we can benefit from you working with testing/unstable. > > Both statements are highly subjective. > > Testing doesn't have security support ATM - that's the issue with it. > Unstable may be more viable, but at times can experience weird issues with > dependencies. Every now and then there are breakages, in both testing and unstable. If I wanted my users' systems to break, I'd point them towards Fedora instead ;-) Having somebody facing an uninstallable situation or a conflict indication message, although perfectly understandable and easy to work out with our current tools, is something I don't want an end-user to tackle. Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (+52-55)5623-0154 / 1451-2244 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]