* Gunnar Wolf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [080415 19:45]: > Umh... I know this will sound quite boring to you - But I (and I > guess, many of the Debian people) do not like the idea of presenting > testing/unstable snapshots as something ready for the end-user to > install. Hey, if they want unstable software, why not try > Ubuntu?</joke>
i dont think that is a reasonable approach. if "testing" quality is good enough and useful to people why would you hide away that it is debian under the hood by rebranding it? Why deny debian a good marketing opportunity where "debian" or "debi" can be found in other places then the debian/control file? I am in favour of using debian prominently for products derived from debian. the knoppix, xandros and ubunut effect should not become the rule but rather the exception. > I understand you have your own motivations, and I know our testing is > more workable and more stable than many official distributions... But > anyway, Debian releases _are_ stable, and presenting Debiwhatever as a > testing snapshot won't do much good to Debian's reputation - known for > being anal about stability. I dont agree here. there is a distribution "testing", we make it available, it is from debian. So if people want to use it, let them and make it easy for them. it is their risk and they are grown up. It provides a lot of value, too: You get the most up to date software at an unparallelt stability, all the time, at no monatary cost. In my oppinion we should stop telling people NOT to use it but do the opposite. whoever needs a cutting edge distribution and loves upgrading real frequently is destined for testing in my oppinion. here upgrading works, even! There is a psychological problem in recommending a distro called "testing" as it implies lower quality, though. I would suggest to call it something fun and inspiring like "perpetual-upgrade" or so. /andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
