[KLUG Members] Cheap hardware
Bruce Smith
members@kalamazoolinux.org
29 Jul 2003 08:50:43 -0400
> > > ... Debian has three levels of thier OS:
> > > Stable - No bugs for a year! (Hmmm....)
> > Please define "bug".
> > If it means any bug, then that's the most stupid thing I've ever heard!
> > The ONLY way you will ever get no bug fixes for a full year of any major
> > software is a year after the day they quit supporting that release!
>
> The meaning of "bug" in this case is arbitrarily determined by the
> maintaners. I'm not dissin' Debian, but their release levels, and
> their titles (Stable...UnStable) may be one of the biggest hindrances to
> its more widespread adoption.
I think that problem is second to their installer!
And I'd be happy to do some more Debian dissin', but let's move it to
the advocacy list.
> Like tracking versions of everything isn't complicated enough.
Yup.
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Bruce Smith bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan 49093 USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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