On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 08:44:15AM +0200, Johann Spies wrote: > > I don't find this to be true. If you need the latest bleeding edge > > program, go with the unstable tree which has historically proven to be more > > stable than Red Hat Releases.
> (or python-wxwin in Debian language) and while version 2.1.15 has been > in used by a lot developers for a few weeks, the unstable version > of Debian is still 2.1.11. In the past I had to install rpm-packages > to get my hands on newer versions. Noe my use of the word "need" instead of the word "want." Most people who run Linux want the latest version for pretty much no other reason than the bragging rights. OTOH, most people who run linux rarely /need/ the latest version. The only time I've personally seen someone /need/ the latest version of a program where the matter of a few weeks was not acceptable was when the FS code in FreeBSD had a massive bug in it that caused the kernel to panic on an ISP's main FTP server. They /needed/ the latest snapshot to see if it fixed their problem. -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. -------------------------------+---------------------------------------------