DJ Delorie wrote: >> If you want real world testing, provide an environment with proper >> fall back options. > > The fall back option is to use a release.
It won't be an option once file format changes kick in. >> Debian even has four stages (experimental, unstable, testing and >> stable). > > Debian has a huge development community. In 2005 Debian had 1200 maintainers for 8400 packages. That is, on avarage every maintainer handles 6.3 packages. This includes screening of bug reports push of new versions and maintainance of the build scripts. Seen from that perspective, the maintainer community of debian is not that large. > The reality is, stuff breaks for all sorts of reasons. If you expect > otherwise, you're not going to be happy unless you stick with > official releases. Sigh. I thought I made it clear, that I don't expect guaranteed unbroken applications when testing. After all, the whole point of testing is to find things that are broken. So please stop suggesting otherwise. ---<)kaimartin(>--- -- Kai-Martin Knaak Email: k...@familieknaak.de http://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x6C0B9F53 increasingly unhappy with moderation of geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
