On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 10:09:42PM +0100, Mike Gabriel wrote: > Hi Alberto, hi all,
Hi Mike > > On Do 03 Jan 2013 19:18:27 CET alberto fuentes wrote: > > >Ubuntu has done some poor decisions but it has done some other that are > >okay. We should consider merging some of them back. > >Im thinking about the 6 months release thing. Without further ado, here's > >the proposal pre-draft: > > > >_Proposal_: > >Add a new release stage between stable and testing. Called usable or > >whatever name we find fit for it > > > >stable <- <usable> <- testing <- sid > > I use Debian backports for squeeze a lot at the moment and I must > say this satisfies my needs perfectly. Would that be an option for > you instead of injecting some inbetween releases? > > The stable installer / system core of Debian stable and then > additionally a great choice of recent software from backports. Works > perfectly, even for end customers of mine. > > Slightly different approach: However, for serious server deployments > we in Debian might want to think about supporting older releases a > little longer than atm. > > A scheme like > > veryoldstable -> oldstable -> stable -> testing -> unstable > > From the perspective of someone administrating several deployments a > support range of 5 years would be very welcome. Like Ubuntu LTS (so > that nobody can say, my mail is getting off-topic ;-) ). (The > lifetime of lenny e.g. was apprx. 3 years.) Well LTS from Ubuntu sounds quite cool but as far as I know the 5 year support period is only for the core system, and quite for good reasons: Today most software tends to have rapid development cycles and bugs and security problems mostly get fixed through new releases. Keeping up with backporting patches for such a long period can become a real PITA... > > Regards + Greets, > Mike Kind regards Harald > > > -- > > DAS-NETZWERKTEAM > mike gabriel, rothenstein 5, 24214 neudorf-bornstein > fon: +49 (1520) 1976 148 > > GnuPG Key ID 0x25771B31 > mail: mike.gabr...@das-netzwerkteam.de, http://das-netzwerkteam.de > > freeBusy: > https://mail.das-netzwerkteam.de/freebusy/m.gabriel%40das-netzwerkteam.de.xfb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130104232041.gd14...@harald-has.a-little-linux-box.at