to...@tuxteam.de (HE12025-03-04): > To add to all those very good points: if you need newer software (besides > the security updates, which Debian is extremely good at providin in a > timely fashion, BTW), there are the backports. And it's not that difficult > to contribute to that.
If one needs specific program, installing a non-packaged version is always an option. Using a secondary packaging system, like Nix for example, for individual specific programs, is also an option. > Version upgrades are more serious -- if a basic lib ups its major > version, you will get some breakage. It is good to be able to schedule > those events and to test them beforehand, more so in a bigger institution. I confirm. On a personal computer, you can do the upgrade and fix the details that break along the way. In a school, you cannot expect students to do it (and you should not give them the privileges to do it in the first place) and you cannot come do it during the lessons. Regards, -- Nicolas George
