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Debian Project Votes To Postpone Policy Changes
jonoxer writes "A little while ago members of the Debian project voted to make changes to the Social Contract. As previously reported on Slashdot, the end result looked likely to be a delay in the release of Sarge, the next Stable edition of Debian, until 2005. But on Saturday Debian developers voted to postpone the changes until after Sarge releases, effectively affirming that the changes need to be made but making a pragmatic decision to not let the next release be delayed as a result. The official voting page doesn't show the result yet, but it's been semi-officially announced."
It's the fifth over here on UTC. Enjoy your WE HATE ENGLAND day though :)
Is there a good place to see a comparison between Debian and Gentoo? I am curious as to the advantages / disadvantages between the systems. I want to give the switch to Linux another try, and given that both systems are very popular with the slashdot crowd, I was wondering if there was anyone who could help me compare / contrast. I am particularlly interested in reviews on which distributions make playing all types of media files as painless as possible.
Thanks.
Lawrence Lessig is my personal hero.
PLS CRAM IT RECTALLY.
I'm an avid Gentoo user. I love it. Have it installed on a dozen or so boxes between home and work. However, I don't think we can pat ourselves on the back just yet regarding quarterly stable releases.
2004.1 was an outrage. I appreciate the work that went into it, and it is a building block to better releases. But there were scores of problems that simply prevent a reasonable Linux "crunchy" from calling it stable. Folks coming to me for advice installing Gentoo were told to use a Knoppix disc instead.
Gentoo, good. Gentoo 2004.1 Live CD, not too good.
You think "2+2=5" comes from a Radiohead song? Jesus, you kids today are so culturally illiterate.
Everyone knows 2+2=5 comes from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.