I guess the reasons are as many as the people who install new distros as
soon as they come (at least that many :-)
As for me, it's much simpler then that...
Oded
--
"Because it is there."
-- Sir Edmund Hilary's answer as to why he decided to conquer the mount
Everest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tzafrir Cohen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "mulix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Eli Marmor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "linux ILUG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 1:34 AM
Subject: Re: New Releases
> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, mulix wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Eli Marmor wrote:
> >
> > > Although it is not Israel-related or Hebrew-related, this news is
> > > important enough for this list:
> >
> > just curious, so please dont flame (unless you really want to, in which
> > case, be my guest): why is this news important? what is the benefit in
> > being on the cutting edge and installing at the minute it comes out, *in
> > regards to a whole distribution*?
>
> To check (1) how the installer works and (2) how do all the packages play
> along together.
>
> >
> > the way i see it, it makes sense to be on the cutting edge of a certain
> > program (the kernel, for example) if you need cutting edge features or
> > follow up development. in either case, you get the latest code. when it
> > comes to distributions, however, the cutting edge is rather dull, since
> > they have to do testing and packaging. therefore, even with the latest
> > and greatest distro, you dont get the latest code. so, what's the point?
> > why not wait a week or two or a month?
>
> Not sure. Curiosity?
>
> If you have a spare machine for testing it can be interesting.
>
> >
> > in other words, can someone please explain the 'upgrade now, at all
> > costs' mentality to this tired programmer?
>
> Certainly not me :-)
>
> --
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