Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-18 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 18 December 2012 09:02:54 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > There are well known distributions in rolling release, like archlinux > or gentoo. Of course, they are not for basic users, but everything have > a cost, and the one for rolling release is to be able to know what you > are

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-18 Thread berenger . morel
Le 18.12.2012 10:38, Rene Engelhard a écrit : On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:02:54AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: _ The freeze started less than 4 months ago (I do not have the exact date), and I do not think things will be frozen for more ages... FWIW without any opinion enclosed

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-18 Thread Rene Engelhard
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:02:54AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > _ The freeze started less than 4 months ago (I do not have the exact > date), and I do not think things will be frozen for more ages... FWIW without any opinion enclosed herein: That is wrong. https://lists.debian.or

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 dec 12, 10:02:54, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > _ As far as I know, experimental/unstable are not frozen. Am I > wrong? If not, why don't you choose them? At this stage unstable should see only new packages (not in wheezy) or bug fixes targeted for wheezy. Versions not targeted

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-18 Thread berenger . morel
Ubuntu is not at all a rolling release, because, as far as I know, it does some stable versions, which last for 6 months before a new one spawn. You can have a definition of the term rolling release here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_release There are well known distributions in rolli

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 17 dec 12, 12:03:31, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: > By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. You could try fixing bugs to shorten the freeze. See rc-alert (package devscripts) Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread maderios
On 12/17/2012 02:58 PM, Hans Vogelsberger wrote: berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Here are some solutions: _ Use unstable/experimental _ Try a rolling-release distro The freeze is needed to create a stable version. I know, I use Testing since it exists. Though, freeze is much too long and

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Patrick Bartek
- Original Message - > From: Hans Vogelsberger > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Cc: > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 5:58 AM > Subject: Re: wheezy freeze > > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: >> Here are some solutions: >> _ Use unstable

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread T Elcor
- Original Message - > I know, I use Testing since it exists. Though, freeze is much too long and > thus > 'five attributes duu' anew whenever Debian changes release, since > years and years and years. And if you mean Ubuntu as rolling-release distro - > I > have tried it and do n

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Hans Vogelsberger
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Here are some solutions: _ Use unstable/experimental _ Try a rolling-release distro The freeze is needed to create a stable version. I know, I use Testing since it exists. Though, freeze is much too long and thus 'five attributes duu' anew whenever Deb

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 17 December 2012 11:03:31 Hans Vogelsberger wrote: > By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. I don't understand the problem. If you want to use Wheezy and don't mind if it is a little buggy, then you can go right ahead and use it. There is nothing stopping yo

Re: wheezy freeze

2012-12-17 Thread berenger . morel
Here are some solutions: _ Use unstable/experimental _ Try a rolling-release distro The freeze is needed to create a stable version. Le 17.12.2012 12:03, Hans Vogelsberger a écrit : By now, freeze is dull, boring, irksome and tediously deadening. Hans -- Dieser Account aktzeptiert nur Mails,