On Wednesday 16 May 2007, Mgr. Peter Tuharsky wrote: > > Do you realize Debian's stable is classified as this: > > > > Stable means stable package list. No changes in API and ABI > > names or versions. This means no newer versions will ever make > > it into "stable". It is in "maintenance mode". This makes a > > very good setup for those wishing for "Rock Solid" machines. Doesn't > > crash. "too many" comes from the "Windows World", does not typically > > apply to Debian's Linux. > > No changes, no newer versions => dosen't crash? It's simply not true. > For example, the Debian Woody used an ancient version of Mozilla. _Very_ > crashy one, compared with newer versions that came few months later. > Noone could call that "stable" one.
you're still missing the point here:
- the point is _not_ that software in stable isn't buggy
- the point is that software in stable doesn't change
-> this ensures that it won't be buggy in new ways
=> thus making sure that what works, keeps working
=> thus making sure that ones you have a workaround, that keeps working
to
In short stable is about not getting any unexpected surprises/changes in how
software behaves.
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Cheers, cobaco (aka Bart Cornelis)
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