On 20/06/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 19 June 2015 16:54:12 Bret Busby wrote: >> Unfortunately, it appears that once a version of Debian Linux is >> "released" and decreed stable, development of that version and its >> packages, ceases, and it goes into maintenance mode, so that only >> bugfixes and security vulnerabilities, are performed, if they are >> deemed serious enough, and, for the packages that are not abandoned, >> and, development of the version and its packages, is abandoned, like >> when I once worked at a pulp and paper mill, which used to close down >> production for three days every christmas, with only repairs and >> maintenance and cleaning being done, except here, the shutdown of >> production, becomes permanent, and maintenance mode takes over (for as >> long as the maintenance is performed), once a version is decreed >> stable, and "released". > > If you don't like it, don't use it. No-one is making you. >
And that is the attitude of software developers, that some software engineering lecturers who are worth their salt, warn against, as it leads to the disrepute of the IT industry. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/cacx6j8o5eyv3mmref1w49oe-jnzhzbws7vbm5j-0qvn-v-b...@mail.gmail.com
