On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 01:55:57PM -0500, Ian Murdock wrote: <snip>
> I don't doubt there were changes, even some worthwhile changes, > between the version of libc in sarge and the versions in > hoary/breezy. My question is: Are the changes worth breaking > compatibility? It's a cost/benefit thing. And if they're > important enough, why aren't they going into Debian directly? > > I understand why Ubuntu was moving ahead of Debian before, since > Debian was so far behind. But now that sarge is out, don't > you think it would be worthwhile to give Debian a chance to fix its > release cycle problems and, better yet, to try to help fix them, > rather than simply saying "Debian is too slow/unpredictable for us"? Pardon me, but wouldn't hoary and sarge be (roughly) compatible, and breezy with etch (hoping on a slightly faster release cycle). Wouter van Heyst -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
