On 20/06/2015, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Friday 19 June 2015 18:49:38 Bret Busby wrote: >> 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. > > Nonsense. It is impossible to produce an OS that everybody likes. Most > people like Windows after all. Use something you like. Don't complain > about > something that many of us love and expect it to be changed just to suit you. >
I am not seeking to have it changed to suit me. I just want it to work. > > There is enough choice out there, after all. Have you tried Ubuntu with > Mate? >From what I have seen, mate, apart from being in spanish, does not have the functionality of gnome 2. I do not know why gnome 2 had to be eliminated due to it being a working thing. -- 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/cacx6j8nkcqdpgsxnjxmikivgqmqqtov1pemgiscxymmgv-s...@mail.gmail.com
