On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 09:28 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: > I think some of this confusion is caused by the way people switch > between > two uses of the word stable. It can mean "doesn't crash", but then > most > upstream latest packages fit there, and some long standing releases > don't. It can also mean "not changing" and this is what some people > want > from a distribution.
I think there is a third meaning with gentoo, namely when the ebuild is working well enough - this is independent of whether the upstream package is stable.(although it no doubt helps if it is). So you can have kde make a release (stable in their view) but gentoo takes some considerable time to make ebuilds that work acceptably, before they are marked stable (eg x86 cf ~x86) > If you run a server farm, you don't want to be > continually upgrading just to get new features you don't need, you > just > want a system that works with timely security fixes. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
