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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."

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  1. release more often!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    omg roffl mao.

    rub one out!

  2. In other news ... by 3dWarlord · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Zombies proclaim, "It would be cool if, like, we could eat more brains."

  3. Speaking of which, Suse 9.3 next month by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Suse 9.3 is available for pre-order already. It will ship with KDE 3.4 and OpenOffice.org 2.0, and of course the latest Firefox and everything else. After Redhat 9 was the last "desktop" Redhat release, and they committed themselves to Gnome, I switched to Suse and it has been perfect.

    I hear many good things about Debian but if it doesn't have a fast release cycle I can't use it. The reason? I am a 100% Linux desktop user. The Linux desktop changes fast so I need the latest stuff. I realize that there is some cool Debian thing called apt-get which would let me upgrade to the latest stuff without upgrading my system, but I like to upgrade my system. The reason is that I like to clear everything out. If I have broken the installation of some package, or if (I hope it doesn't happen) my system has been rooted, I would like to just backup all my files and re-install. A six-month release cycle is good for that.

    So, if Debian could catch up to Suse with all the latest things, I could use it on the desktop.

  4. Bush wishes he was Irish by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Then he'd have an excuse for being an incompetent drunkard.

    1. Re:Bush wishes he was Irish by leereyno · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      An excuse is something that follows failure, not success.

      Since he is neither incompetent, nor a drunkard, an excuse for either is unnecessary.

      Lee

      --
      Muslim community leaders warn of backlash from tomorrow morning's terrorist attack.
  5. There is always BSD by dbesade · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There is always BSD...

  6. Re:Reality check folks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up, +5 insightful!

  7. 54 minutes to go by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    then "Victoria's Wet Secret" is done downloading and I can stop reading slashdot.

    So...anyone seen it?

  8. American Leaders: We Need to Quit Being Asshats by jfm3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    jfm3 writes "The lack of diplomacy, ecological consciousness, and ability to think critically since September 2001 is fuelling the campaigns of many candidates for the country's American President role, with many pushing for a politer and more intelligent foreign policy to stop Americans heading for greener and more peaceful pastures."

    Perhaps this does not appear on topic, a crime against slashdot of the highest caliber. Of course, both statements are equally absurd because of their obviousness (at least to me).

  9. Re:This is comical.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I love Debian, and have run Sid since 2001... But seriously, the slahdot I've known and loved has turned into google.dot.org...
    a9.com churned out OpenSearch in the last 48 hours, whhich Slashdot'ers would LOVE (RSS-based search, c'mon! How cool is that?!) PLUS it's got one of the coolest DHTML implementations I've ever seen! And what do we get on /.? 3 GOOGLE Stories. C'mon, get a grip. In 2-3 years, everyone will be bitchin' about how Google's got a monopoly on DHTML-based apps. Never-mind the genious Amazon.com and Yahoo! and EBay have put forth with their apps - all based on Open Source, W3C compliant tech. Lose the google-goggles, people, I love Google apps as much as the next Netizen, but they're not the only company out there who "does no evil" for the web.