| Otto Wyss 2005-01-04, 6:03 pm |
| Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
Which is a rather clear sign that the way Debian makes releases has
outgrown its usefulness.
> Which could be seen as a problem by some; but in some ways it's
> probably the way to go. As far as my own use of Debian goes, almost
> every machine I install runs testing, and has done for years. There's
> a level of protection in there thanks to the rules that are in place,
> and I rather like the incremental improvement approach as opposed to
> release-based.
>
Me too, but it might be completely different if you do it for business
critical systems.
> With the trend as it is at the moment, the endpoint is that Debian will
> eventually stop releasing altogether (some end users probably think
> this has already happened!) and will essentially become an upstream,
> developer-oriented, steadily evolving distribution from which the likes
> of Ubuntu take regular snapshots for the masses to use.
>
Stopping releasing might be a good idea but there should be a better
way. IMO the problem is the stable release isn't updated on a regulare
basis. It might be a better idea to divide Debian into subsystems which
could be released much faster when needed.
O. Wyss
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