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Debian Aims For September Release Date

Posted by michael on from the slow-and-steady-wins-the-race dept.

An anonymous submitter writes "Debian Planet has a good discussion of the most recent release update from the new Debian release managers. The most interesting point is the current hard freeze of base+standard and an optimistic but doable release date in September."

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  1. Debian Noobie by rokzy · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I know of Debian's aim of a safe, stable distribution as opposed to cutting edge, but don't know how they go about it.

    to achieve their aims do they bug fix other peoples' code? do they inform the original authors of a problem? if so, what effects on code ownership does this have - does the Debian team become co-author?

    anyone got any interesting stories about the Debian process along these lines?

  2. Re:Debian... by ron_ivi · · Score: 4, Interesting

    End just as importantly, Debian Stable has been the one distro I could count on to have all the security patches and _only_ the security patches so I didn't have to mess with any incompatable changes in any libraries affecting my stuff. IMHO, Debian Stable has been the lowest maintanence OS I've ever encountered.

  3. Re:eh? by Peaker · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Huh? Debian unstable doesn't break often at all. In fact it hasn't broken anything for me in more than 6 months, and I do it at least weekly. Lower frequency updates obviously break things even less frequently. I have other Operating Systems break far more often when tinkering with installed packages or upgrading stuff.

  4. Re:eh? by robochan · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's just not a "fine desktop" for people who just want to get work or play done without applications suddenly failing on them.

    I have to ask - have you actually even used the current Unstable release?
    I'm not trying to insulting you, it's just that I've talked to many who've "heard that it's that way" without actually trying it. Can you provide some examples? I'm sure there are plenty, but as far as my own experience goes, I've used it for the last couple of years without hesitation. I'm not a developer, maintainer, nor a coder for that matter. I personally use Unstable on 3 machines for desktop systems, and install it for others, and have very rarely had anything break. I'm curious to hear some "real word" examples versus those who've "heard it's not for a dekstop".

    --
    ...Rob
    The American Dream isn't an SUV and a house in the suburbs; it's Don't Tread On Me.