On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 06:16:17AM -0800, Jim Lynch wrote: > If you want to advocate the use of unstable software, please be my > guest... but not on #debian. it changes daily, and can potentially > break every day, potentially disasterously. So -no-. It's NOT > appropriate to tell people to run servers on unstable software.
if i ever happen to be on #debian and someone has a problem where the best solution is to upgrade to unstable (either a full dist-upgrade or just selected packages) then i certainly will recommend exactly that. it is *always* appropriate to provide a good solution to a problem - whether it accords with your opinion or not. > On the other hand... if you want to -pay- me to take the support load > for a limited period of time, I'll open the door, for a limited period > of time. I'm a volunteer there, you already know what a volunteer is > if you have anything at all to do with debian. there's no need to be so pompous and pretentious. you're just another volunteer, not the Thought Police. craig -- craig sanders