On Sun, Nov 09, 2008 at 10:56:31 -0600, lee ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:56:06 +1300 > Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > My understanding is that "stable" means unchanging. > > See http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-choosing.en.html#s3.1. That would > indicate that "stable" doesn't mean "unchanging" but "likely to not > have as many bugs" as testing or unstable.
Section 3.1.5 of the page you quoted says: Stable is rock solid. It does not break. Testing breaks less often than Unstable. But when it breaks, it takes a long time for things to get rectified. Sometimes this could be days and it could be months at times. Unstable changes a lot, and it can break at any point. However, fixes get rectified in many occasions in a couple of days and it always has the latest releases of software packaged for Debian. Which in my albeit limited experience, seems to be a pretty accurate set of definitions. -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Debian on the NSLU2: http://bobcox.com/slug/ Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
