* Christian Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 12:31:06PM +0200, Peter Feuerer wrote:
> > I think it would not be much effort, and you'll give the users the
> > choice of sticking to a release or not. So the question is, why not? The
> > only reason I see to not doing this is because of the diskspace this
> > "additional" packages need.
> > And if the releases are just there for easier installations, why do you
> > still keep older releases?

History ;)


> You don't seem to understand. "Sticking" to a release means a lot more
> than just keeping old packages. What do you think why Distributions like
> Ubuntu, SuSE, RH and suchlike spend so much time on? QA, of course.
> Sticking to a release needs, if done the right way, infrastructure and a
> lot of manpower. If one just keeps old packages, a shitload of problems
> will emerge. Think of unfixed security-issues and the likes. If you want
> to volunteer for QA, go for it. In the meantime, I don't think that this
> will happen in Arch.

You are right. Such a thing should _not_ happen in arch.



-- 
regards, TR

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