Re: [DEB] Re: Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-23 Thread Paul Smith
%% Paul M Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: pmf> Well, I can't find them, so I must be looking in the wrong place. My pmf> sources.list file points to: pmf> http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free The latest PostgreSQL packages contain SSL support, so you have to lo

Re: [DEB] Re: Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-23 Thread Paul M Foster
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 11:39:59PM -0400, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > Paul M Foster wrote: > > > I just know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but... > > > > But... it's like a year behind every other distro out there. As an > > example, I checked testing and unstable to see the latest version

Re: Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-23 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
> So I guess my question is: what do you other Debian users do to resolve > the long lead times for Debian releases? Use the sid, luke! (Switch to unstable) -- Baloo

Re: Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-22 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Paul M Foster wrote: > I just know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but... > > I love Debian, I truly do. Upgrades/updates are seamless. No crappy > proprietary admin tools, just bare metal and vi for configs. Lots of > little programs you don't get on other distros. Rock solid. > > But... it's l

Re: Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-22 Thread Noah Meyerhans
(note: I am speaking as a Debian developer and 5 year Debian user) On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 10:36:24PM -0400, Paul M Foster wrote: > I realize that the all-volunteer nature of Debian means that testing and > such take much longer. And that the testing results in a more stable > distro. I believe t

Re: Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-22 Thread nate
Paul M Foster said: > So I guess my question is: what do you other Debian users do to > resolve the long lead times for Debian releases? i've been usin debian since just after 2.0 was released ... before that i was a slackware 3.x user. i did tons of manual kernel and libc and other upgrades ...

Debian S-L-O-W Upgrading

2001-10-22 Thread Paul M Foster
I just know I'm gonna get flamed for this, but... I love Debian, I truly do. Upgrades/updates are seamless. No crappy proprietary admin tools, just bare metal and vi for configs. Lots of little programs you don't get on other distros. Rock solid. But... it's like a year behind every other distro