On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:28:26 -0600
"s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Incoming from Chris Metzler:
>>
>> But this assumption is wrong. The purpose of the existence of testing
>> and unstable is *not* to give users choices. It may also be true that
>> their existence gives users choices; but that's not what they're
>> fundamentally for. The purpose of their existence is to facilitate
>> the development process that produces stable releases. Users may
>> decide to
>
> I was around when Ian Murdock first introduced Debian. Back then, we
> had SLS and Slackware, the latter having been produced because the
> same un-fixed problems tended to be reproduced in subsequent issues of
> SLS. Debian's raison d'etre was stability in response to the lack of
> it in existing distributions.
>
> I still think that's what Debian should be striving for. I don't see
> any point in catering to bleeding-edge-itis in Debian.
[ snip ]
> No change is necessary. If the user thinks stable is obsolete, it
> should be up to them to deal with that, and that means they should
> learn to add what they want onto stable, or go elsewhere. testing and
> unstable are for those who know what they're doing and are willing and
> able to understand the consequences, in the spirit of wanting to help
> Debian produce a future stable distribution. Debian should not be
> bothering to cater to bleeding-edge-itis in a misguided attempt to
> open up Debian to more users. Leave that to the Libranets and
> Knoppixes.
Hi. You picked my post to reply to when you said this. It may just
have been a choice of many and wasn't directly in response to me.
But just in case not, let me say that I agree completely with you,
that I thought the point of view I was expressing was absolutely
congruent to what you just said, and that I hope I didn't communicate
otherwise (since that would be the exact opposite of what I wanted
to say).
-c
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