On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:42:57 -0400 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Andreas K. Huettel > <dilfri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > Stable implies "not so often changing". If you really need newer > > packages on a system that has to be rock-solid, then keyword what > > you need and nothing else. > > ++ > > 30 days is too long? How can something new be stable? Stable doesn't > mean "I don't think this is broken." Stable means "lots of others > have already been using this and so far there aren't many reports of > breakage." > > According to distrowatch RHEL is at 2.6.32. I'm sure it has a > bazillion backports, but that is what I'd call stable. Running stable > means starting to use the stuff everybody else is about ready to stop > using. When an upstream releases a new stable release, that means > that it is just now ready for testing, and chances are they'll have > another stable release before their previous release really is stable. "The latest distros seemed to be just a bunch of same old stuff. Nothing new -- nothing innovative." ~ Larry's frustration. :( "Then Larry tried Gentoo Linux. He was just impressed. ... He discovered lots of up-to-date packages ..." ~ Larry's happiness. :) http://www.gentoo.org/images/poster.jpg -- With kind regards, Tom Wijsman (TomWij) Gentoo Developer E-mail address : tom...@gentoo.org GPG Public Key : 6D34E57D GPG Fingerprint : C165 AF18 AB4C 400B C3D2 ABF0 95B2 1FCD 6D34 E57D
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
