Wei Chen wrote: > So it is that based on Debian, people create Ubuntu. Also based on > Debian, there is Backports.
No. Ubuntu is based on debian, but not debian, ie. compatibility between packages from ubuntu and debian is less than 100%. Packages from backports are *for* debian, so apart from human error and possible bugs slipping in compatibility is 100%. > These are all projects that improve desktop users' experience (from what > I believe, at least). Is there anything that Debian itself does for this? Debian evolves all the time, releasing when ready. How can one think that this wouldn't improve the users' experience? I regularly use both etch and sarge and see a quite large improvement. > There are examples of successful projects. For the workload/manpower > issue, I guess what is needed is a flag. The project is there; people > think it is interesting; and then they may try to contribute to it. For > example, those above mentioned projects also get enough contributors to > work with them. Correct me, if I am wrong, but IIRC there are more people working for debian than for your above mentioned projects. Debian just has a different focus: support a much larger amount of software packages and different architectures; having a 'stable' release. If you don't like or need such many packages and don't want or need a stable system, you don't need to run debian stable. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
