On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:44:41AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why is Debian a 'changing' distribution? Don't get me wrong: I got used to > it, it's > alright for me, but: why?
It isn't. Debian unstable and testing distributions change constantly because that's how you develop and test software. Debian stable is just that: stable. It only gets security updates and doesn't change much except for once every couple of years when a new stable distribution is rolled out. > And, finally, since my fist encounter a few months ago, woody has been stable > enough for > me. Will the 'testing' distribution always be reasonably stable, and does > 'stable' > actually mean 'rock solid'? Or was it just my luck that I arrived at a time > when woody was > already mature enough to be usable? In theory, testing should always be pretty stable. The packages have endured a couple weeks in unstable without any major bugs showing up, so they should be in pretty good shape, but they're not fully tested, so there's still the possibility of them breaking something. As for stable, yes. It's rock solid. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
