OK - thanks all for the information! Based on what you've all said I think I'll upgrade to sid - it sounds like it doesn't actually break that often, but will give me the newest packages to play with and a reasonable chance at security :)
> -----Original Message----- > From: J.F.Gratton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 January 2005 02:59 > To: Peter Nuttall > Cc: Debian-User > Subject: Re: Clarification concerning security of testing on a laptop > > <snip> > > I just gave the first example that came to my mind, there are others, > I'm sure. I know that from time to time it did frustrate me to see > software I knew to be released, but not being available yet with apt. > > Concerning the specifics as to why Gnome 2.8 was or was not there fast > enough... Do not take wrongly what I'll say, it is by no means as a > rebuke: > > it's simple: end-users do not want to know *why* a specific package is / > is not there. Politics/policies do not matter to them. > > You will say that it's open-source and people have to right really to > complain, or better, that they should do it themselves. Partly true. > > Since I didn't mean to hijack your thread, people, I'll leave it at > that :) > > Jeff > > > On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 01:46 +0000, Peter Nuttall wrote: > > <snip> > > > > I would disagree on this point. For example, when kde 3.3 came out it > was in > > unstable before the release was announced. (the packagers get it a week > > early).I have seen similar upgrade speeds in debian at other times as > well. > > Also, was it not the case that Gnome 2.8 was ready in experimental, but > the > > packagers wanted to keep sid clear for running upgrades though to sarge? > > > > Pete > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
