On 07/22/2010 02:46 PM, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > Hi all, > > and there is another point, I would like to mention. > > The naming of the repository is not well chosen, as it let new and > unexperienced people to debian feel a wrong way. The names "stable" "testing" > and "unstable" let the poeople think, debian is using crippled software, > which > is unstable, not well tested. In fact, even software from "unstable" is often > running better, than other (including closed source) software. > > I suggest for this, to thinlk about other names, for example > > - stable = server > > - testing = desktop > > - unstable = super_modern
So all the OMGTHISISCOOL kids install unstable and have a messed up system because there is something broken in unstable? Thats probably the worst example for a renaming ever. > > Just an example. > > Have fun! > > Hans-J. Ullrich > > Just an example > > -- Bernd Zeimetz Debian GNU/Linux Developer http://bzed.de http://www.debian.org GPG Fingerprints: 06C8 C9A2 EAAD E37E 5B2C BE93 067A AD04 C93B FF79 ECA1 E3F2 8E11 2432 D485 DD95 EB36 171A 6FF9 435F -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c4ad066.4020...@bzed.de
