On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 11:11 +0000, Antony Gelberg wrote: > Steve Lamb wrote: > > Andy Streich wrote: > > > >>latest and greatest of everything. What I did find surprising after > >>reading > >>this list for a while was that stable meant not only really stable but also > >>really slow release cycle. Okay, that's the price you pay for "really > >>stable." > > > > > > Why be so hung up on release cycles? I mean, really. You know how much > > attention I've paid to Debian's release cycles since installing? Well, > > other > > than the libc5 -> glibc2 conversion, none. Again, it has to be stressed, > > there is nothing that prevents the user from upgrading any package they > > choose > > to a later version. None. At all. Stable just means it won't be updated > > out > > from under you. That's *it*. You want newer, go get newer! Have fun! > > Debian won't be upset, I promise. > > It's not that simple. A lot of newbies dive into testing or unstable > because they "have" to have the newest stuff, then they don't know what > to do when their system breaks.
So it's Debian's *fault* that newbies whine when they make no effort to read the Debian web site? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. python -c 'print len(str(2**300000))' 90309 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]