I am just a Debian *testing* user, and what I get from Ron's statements is that using Debian on the desktop is not "actually doing work", as it may involve running non-free software. Yes, there is stable, but it's generally too obsolete for that purpose. In the end this gives the impression that running Debian on a desktop is not a good idea, which may or may not be a good thing.
I admit my ignorance, but I don't understand why it's more important for a package to be backported to an obsolete release than to be consistent with its own repository, and why these two needs are not separate . As this seems to be about educating Debian users, I would really appreciate a pointer to any documentation that would clarify the process. Thanks Michele -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
