On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 06:51 +0000, Joe Hart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Greg Folkert wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 00:45 +0200, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > >> There have been a lot of talk and suggestions, for example, Joey Hess > >> described Constantly Usable Testing, it sounds a bit like your > >> suggestion. > >> http://kitenet.net/~joey/code/debian/cut.html > >> > >> Also, there seems to be some interest of making official backports to > >> support new hardware and new releases for typical desktop users. I would > >> be surprised if this didn't happen for the Lenny release, or even > >> sooner. > > > > CUT was exactly what testing was supposed to be, in the beginning. > > Period. It hasn't become that. It has gotten to the point that sometimes > > testing is borkdened for long periods of time... in small areas mind > > you, but still broken. > > > > I think it would be good to have the Sidux group latch onto this. They > > could really improve the whole process. It would make Testing usable at > > any one moment. And make something you could always point to and say: > > > > try that > > > > And then watch problems melt. It would be a good thing, as it would make > > Debian able to release a new version at nearly any time. In other words, > > 1 month between releases, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 2 years... > > whatever they want. > > I don't think the Sidux developers plan on tackling testing, but I think > Kanotix is. According to the latest scuttlebutt, Testing is going to be > the basis for Kanotix, not Ubuntu. > > Kano changes his mind frequently on the issue, so we'll just have to > wait until he releases something.
It would be great if *someone* would try that. There are so many Debian-based distros out there that version off unstable, but none that I know of that version off testing. IMO, it would fill a gap and be a good alternative for those of us for whom Ubuntu, Sidux, etc., are too bleeding-edge and bug-prone but get frustrated by the long periods of stagnation in Debian testing. I'd be happy enough if there was backports.org-type project for testing, but a separate distro focussing on fewer architectures would be ideal. And it wouldn't compromise or distract Debian from its core mission and goals. -- Michael M. ++ Portland, OR ++ USA "No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream." --S. Jackson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
