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Debian Leaders: We Need to Release More Often

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-up-to-date dept.

daria42 writes "The lack of a new stable release of Debian GNU/Linux since July 2002 is fuelling the campaigns of many candidates for the project's Debian Project Leader role, with many pushing for a shorter and more stable release cycle to stop Linux users heading for greener and more updated pastures."

3 of 460 comments (clear)

  1. i try to release once or twice a day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    we are talking about pooping, right?

  2. Re:no shit, einstien! by wyldeone · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Definitely Gentoo. A pain to install, but emerge is even nicer than apt-get. Just 'emerge packagename' and the package is downloaded and installed.

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  3. Re:Maybe a bit too often... by tacocat · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Get a clue. What would you put in between stable and testing...

    The more layers you add to the process, the slower the process will become and the worse the problem will be.

    Try being part of the solution and not part of the problem.