Quoting Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Paul van der Vlis wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > One of the biggest disadvantages of Debian for me is the long time it > > takes for a new stable version. > > > > What about saying something like: the next stable release comes in the > > beginning of 2006? > > > > I can understand something like "Debian releases when it's ready", but > > many people have to work together. Maybe it's better to say: "a > > package releases when it's ready, but the deadline for the next Debian > > release is a fixed date". > > > > You will understand that my most important point is security-support. > > > > With regards, > > Paul van der Vlis. > > > > > Well, you could argue that debian branches are not perfectly named but: > "stable" is best if you need *absolute* failsafety for critical jobs > "testing" is best if you want a stable system with new(ish) software > "unstable" is for everybody who needs the newest software, like me. > > honestly, I have never had problems (yet) with using sid for day-to-day > stuff. If I needed something more production-ready, I'd use testing > because you have (almost) garantee that the software will work and you > will have security updates, too. (But not in the same quality as > "stable", as I understand it. If I needed to run a always-needed > very-important server on the internet, I would use "stable". >
I would strongly caution against using Sarge for a production system until there is security team support. See this message I posted to d-u when someone pointed out that they were running sarge on some servers: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/12/msg03846.html -Roberto Sanchez ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.