Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Testing is a release tool. Not a distribution for random end > users to run.
That is rather different from what is written on the web site: "For basic, user-oriented information about the testing distribution, please see the Debian FAQ." (/devel/testing) "testing The main advantage of using this distribution is that it has more recent versions of software, and the main disadvantage is that it's not completely tested and has no official support from Debian security team." (/releases/) Nowehere does it say it's just a release tool, unsuitable for public consumption. What's worse, saying testing is not for public use means there is _no_ place to get updates, since unstable is obviously not an option for end users. This makes Debian the only linux distribution I know of that completely eschews software updates between frozen releases (except for security fixes). The amount of backporting and apt-pinning going on suggests not all Debian end users are content with yearly updates. A testing-like "middle ground" release for end users definitely has a place in the Debian universe. -- Bj�rn
