On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 05:01:53PM +1100, Matthew Dalton wrote > George Bonser wrote: > > > > On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Tim Webster wrote: > > > > > I have continued to use debian despite the fact that it has grown > > > extremely out date. > > > However failing to release a mini potato at this time, has forced me to > > > drop > > > debian. > > > > Huh? I have not used stable Debian in a production system in a long time. > > The closest I have are some slink installs with some of the newer apps and > > libs needed to do what it does. On these systems I did not completely > > upgrade to potato ... just upgraded what needed to be upgraded to get the > > verison of tools I needed. > > I've argued with numerous people over this (I argue in favour of > Debian). However... > > The problem is not that Debian itself is out of date. The problem is > that you can't get an upgraded Debian on CD. Not everyone wants to > download hundreds of megabytes over their 33.6kbps connection to upgrade > their systems to the latest stuff. > > It seems that Debian's greatest strength (apt, IMO) is also its greatest > weakness. > > I know quite a few people who would drop RedHat and move to Debian if it > weren't for the upgrade procedure. They don't want to spend hours > downloading, they would rather buy the latest RH for a few bucks and > select the 'upgrade' option in the install program. >
Well if anyone on this list wants them, I am burning 2-CD sets that contain Slink for i386 plus contrib, non-free and non-US, with a local area containing proposed-updates, backports of Potato GNOME and GTK packages, PostgreSQL 6.5.2, kernel-source 2.0.38 amd 2.2.13 and a few other goodies. AUS $25 + $5 postage within Australia (source on 3 CDs for AUS $15 + $5 postage within Australia). I'm sure I'm not the only one who does this. John P. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Oh - I - you know - my job is to fear everything." - Bill Gates in Denmark
