On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 21:35 +1000, Ivan Brezina wrote:
> Let me point, that meanig of word "stable" is differnet for RedHat/SUSE. > Debian "stable" is more like "frozen" - no bugfixes, no new drivers > no new features. Just security fixes a and some "critical" fixes. > > RedHat "stable" is more like solid usable system. RH actualizes > device drivers, fixes memory leaks and in case of mozilla > they push newer version into distribution rather then having unsecured > version. > > I am not big fan of RH, but I must point that they are more pragmatic. > RH AS 2.1 contains actualized drivers for PERC so you can install it on > DELL servers. > Last week they have fixed telnet so you can use portnumber a -8 option > together. > Such "evil" patches can never get into "stable". > > Look at http://www.openldap.org/software/release/changes.html. > Openldap team had fixed dozens of memory leaks and deaklocks. > How many of them got into stable? None. If you are really looking for > "stable" system you should install "testing". > > Ivan > PS: sorry about offtopic post. > PS: sorry about my english Ivan - your English is fine. And I agree with you. I guess it all comes down to your definition of stable doesn't it... Dave Proud Libranet GNU/Linux user Libranet The TOP Libranet distribution http://www.libranet.com/ Download your free trial of Libranet 2.8.1 today!
