Hello, Le 4 oct. 2013 à 13:39, Demetris Demetriou <[email protected]> a écrit :
> Hi all, > long time reader, first time responder. Me too ! > IMHO this backporting, support of version 0.001 etc. etc. should be dropped. > Linux is already the mess it is with all the developer fragmentation. Don't > like the way the file menu is? Fork the program and take a couple of the best > developers with you, teaching them to hate the people they used to work with > and you are done. It's the GPL way! > > Security fixes should NOT be patches affecting old code, but instead a > security fix found by someone should be pushed upstream to be incorporated in > a newer upstream release. I understand the need to support extremely old > versions of software. After all it makes a lot more sense to have 10 > developers patching old code so that person X can run Linux on his old > Pentium (1) machine, than to spend the 400 euros to get a brand new laptop > that's able to run newer software versions. Never mind the used computers > available at better prices. Spending your money is always a bad thing, > therefore developers should invest their time scratching their head on how to > support your outdated software. Do I really need a sarcasm disclaimer in this > post? I guess so, since this IS the facebook generation. This paragraph is > pure sarcasm. In no way should developers be forced to maintain old code. > > (…) I think ArchLinux is made for you ! :) About the initial topic, the problem i see is that Debian may operate both as a desktop or as a server (among other usages), and people usually don't have the same needs for both usages : * Most of people i know who use Debian as a desktop use the testing repositories. They want to be up to date with newest versions. (For this usage, i personally prefer a Ubuntu desktop) * Most of people i know (me either) who use Debian as a server use the stable repositories. They want to have a secure, stable, and almost deterministic system. For my Debian servers, i personally don't want to have backports pre-configured, because i'm ok with old but very-stable versions of apache, php, mysql, unbound, nsd, postfix, dovecot and so on. And i know it won't break nor change its behavior all along the life of the distribution. I think the reflexion about this topic should consider these distinct usages. Best regards. Emmanuel Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
