On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:38:41 -0800 Ken Teague <ktea...@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Is Debian's stable release cycle relative long because Debian > > releases typically involve big changes that set the minimum time > > between releases, or is it because Debian not really attempt to > > design and make smaller, more frequent increments in order to > > keep Debian stable releases from getting so (relatively) old > > (while maintaining quality standards)? > > Debian doesn't have a set release cycle, as you've noticed. It's > long because they want to produce a distribution that's very stable > and contains little or no bugs. Bugs that are submitted after a > release are found after the release is launched and they're > normally not something that's easily found/reproducable or > system-breaking. I, for one, am very thankful for Debian and the way that it releases. I run a couple of servers that I would just as soon "just ran", instead of having to tinker or fix things all the time. I have more to do. Thank you, Debian!! -- Raquel http://www.byraquel.com ============================================================ Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books nobody reads. --George Bernard Shaw -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org