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On 16 December 2012 19:14, Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> People still think of Gentoo as a ricer distro that's broken all |
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>>> the time, when in reality, it's one of the most stable. |
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>> Well that's not entirely true but that's a different issue |
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> What's not really true? That it's the most stable? or that people |
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> think of it as a ricer distro? |
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It is definitely not the most stable. You can't even compare a rolling |
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release distro with other distros when it comes to stability. It is |
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just not possible. In order to have something stable, first you need |
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to test a well-defined set of packages, then declare them (tag them) |
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as stable, then have a dedicated team, tracking this tree, and fix |
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potential bugs that may pop up. People may complain that Debian stable |
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and Centos have ancient packages, but this is expected and it is a |
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compromise between cutting-edge distro vs stability. |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 |
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