--- Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Releases tend to be out of date. But that's a > > > feature: releases need to be composed of well > tested > > stable packages. > > > testing and unstable > > > have pretty up to date packages.
This is true, but is not considered stable, hence the need to roll testing into stable at least one a year pref more. I would never use a non-stable (read production release) package on my servers. > Could you run X 4.2 in, say, s390 that date? FYI, > X is supported in 11 > archs in Debian, a lot more than upstream > supports. Ah, now this is an interesting point. I understand that X4.2 got delayed as it was not ready across all platforms. However i386 was ready but not relased until a far later date. I sorta understand this, but i386 is by far the most used Linux platform, so delaying it 'cos is not running under PPC seems a bit mad to me IMHO. > > And I want to make one question: where is the > improvement in > performance when I need two or three days to > install a thing like > GNOME or KDE? You'll need to use it some eons to > get some earn with > that. > If you want to compile things because that makes > fun to you, you can do. Like I said b4 (pls read the previous email) I don't believe there is much of an improvement, its the fact that I have more control that appeals. > /me, tired of Gentooers I tempted to be rude back, but I won't. Needless to say if you read the previous emails you'd see that I run Debian on server and have used it for years. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus – Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
