Re: [SLUG] Debian Compliment

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From: Jason Stokes <jstok@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <craigem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Rennie <jwrennie@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <slug@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Debian Compliment


> My major issue with Debian is the infrequency of releases.  Not everyone
> has the ability to aptify from unstable just to keep their system up to
> date.  Debian tends to lag 6-12 months behind the latest revisions, or
> worse.

Yes, and there is a very sane reason for this lag.  If they updated packages
all the time, then we wouldn't be able to apt-get upgrade against stable
with impunity without breaking config files left right and center as
packages get upgraded to their new releases.

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