On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:06:23 +0000, thegeezer wrote: > > * stable releases with a more or less stable and predictable release > > cycle, > > debatable - i would suggest "better tested" than stable otherwise there > would be no need for debian bugzilla
The vagaries of English strike again! When Debian use the word stable, they mean "not changing much" not "the opposite of unstable", as in "a stable relationship". Which is why the other branch is called "testing" and "unstable". While not changing working code very often also leads to the other sort of stability, the advantage for those managing large numbers of systems is that they are not continually applying updates and restarting services and users are not continually presented with slightly different interfaces. -- Neil Bothwick Love is grand. Divorce is a few grand more.
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