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On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:42:57 -0400 |
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Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:03 PM, Andreas K. Huettel |
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> <dilfridge@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Stable implies "not so often changing". If you really need newer |
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> > packages on a system that has to be rock-solid, then keyword what |
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> > you need and nothing else. |
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> ++ |
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> 30 days is too long? How can something new be stable? Stable doesn't |
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> mean "I don't think this is broken." Stable means "lots of others |
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> have already been using this and so far there aren't many reports of |
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> breakage." |
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> According to distrowatch RHEL is at 2.6.32. I'm sure it has a |
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> bazillion backports, but that is what I'd call stable. Running stable |
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> means starting to use the stuff everybody else is about ready to stop |
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> using. When an upstream releases a new stable release, that means |
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> that it is just now ready for testing, and chances are they'll have |
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> another stable release before their previous release really is stable. |
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"The latest distros seemed to be just a bunch of same old stuff. |
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Nothing new -- nothing innovative." ~ Larry's frustration. :( |
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"Then Larry tried Gentoo Linux. He was just impressed. ... He |
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discovered lots of up-to-date packages ..." ~ Larry's happiness. :) |
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With kind regards, |
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Tom Wijsman (TomWij) |
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