*- On 31 Jul, Daniel Barclay wrote about "Re: No KDE/GNOME for stable?" > > >> From: Brad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > .. >> That's the choice Debian offers: a rock-solid system with _slightly_ >> out-of-date software (although you're free to upgrade it), or a >> state-of-the-art system with all the bugs inherent in the bleeding edge. > > But why not build the latest-and-greatest version of add-on packages > against BOTH the stable and the latest-and-greatest unstable > distribution? >
Because this all takes time and resources to provide. Remember that Debian is a purely volenteer project, this includes both human time and computer resources. Many Debian developers do not have the resources to provide versions for both stable and unstable, recall, to build a stable and unstable binary you have to have a stable and unstable system to build it against. Those that are providing the archives are also doing so on a volenteer basis and if they are developers themselves then they must have the resources to build the versions for stable as well as have an unstable system to build the new packages for the current unstable. If you want something that is only available in the unstable tree you can always build the source archive against your current setup, it is fairly straight forward with the Debian source archives. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
