Excerpts from Vincent Bernat's message of 2013-08-19 14:12:25 -0700: > ❦ 19 août 2013 22:19 CEST, Clint Byrum <spam...@debian.org> : > > >> Many people seem to justify a switch to Ubuntu LTS with the argument of > >> 5-year security support. This support only applies for packages in > >> main. A common example is nginx which is in universe. Packages in > >> universe are just unsupported. They may or may not get any security > >> support. If you need to advocate for Debian vs Ubuntu, I think this is a > >> strong argument. > > > > Most places as large and tech-savvy as Dreamhost are happy to maintain > > something at the core of their business like a webserver (i.e. nginx). It > > is glibc, gcc, sshd, the kernel, bash, etc., that they don't want to > > have to think about. > > > > The 2 year cadence has left users with very little time to actually > > capitalize on their investment when upgrading. If one has 10 apps to > > test and roll out on the new stable, and each app takes 1 month to get > > there, and one starts immediately on release day, one now has 14 months > > to recoup that time investment before one must start again. The only > > real answer that makes sense is to continuously deploy on unstable, > > but then you will suffer when a massive breaking transition begins. > > > > Those 5 year cycles just give users more cushion. > > Russ already replied and I agree with its reply. Just to say that Debian > usually has a 3 year support. This is the kind of misguiding that I > usually hear when people promotes Ubuntu over Debian. >
My bad. It is misleading because I put the support cadence of Ubuntu in a comparison with the development cadence of Debian (~2 years). > > Also, if you're going to argue Debian vs. Ubuntu, you are going to argue > > that volunteer maintainers on _all_ packages are more desirable than > > paid maintainers on the core OS that you don't want to care about. I am > > not sure that is an argument that I could win, but maybe you are more > > persuasive than I am. > > Please, this is FUD. Stick to the facts. What core packages is of lesser > quality in Debian than in Ubuntu? I did not claim that there is less quality. I am claiming that I personally cannot argue with a business that there is less risk. -- 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/1376947916-sup-4...@fewbar.com
