On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 06:44:02PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Let me start by saying that I basically agree with Ben. > > On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 03:12:04PM -0300, Ben Armstrong wrote: > > > In particular, no guarantees are made that the entire distribution > > will be 100% release-critical bug-free. All we can assure you is that > > packages have undergone "some degree of testing" and have fewer > > release-critical bugs than the versions currently in testing. The way > ~~~~~~~ > > Unstable. > > > Now, I understand your frustration and disappointment, but I think > > before using testing, you should have made it your business to read > > and make sure you understood what we have publicly posted about its > > readiness for use. Your rant indicates to me that you haven't, or if > > you have, you have seriously misunderstood what you read. > > The thing is, the Debian Project is set up to guarantee that Stable will > never actually be usable. If you want anything resembling current software, > you MUST use Unstable or Testing. That makes Testing the de facto "standard > workstation distribution" for Debian. > > I run Stable on the servers I administer, but 100% of them have to use some > hand-compiled or backported software, or they'd be unusable. I really don't think that is a completely fair description. For scientific computation, stable is really quite usable, accept for the absence of a fortran 95 compiler, serious for some. I am using a very nice DFT tool (extremely fast) that is written exclusively in fortran 77, so I am, at this point, immune.
The real problem is that there is NO AMD64 stable. I have suggested that someone build a stable-like AMD-64 that resembles Sarge. Art Edwards > -- > Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your > government when it deserves it." > - Mark Twain > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
