> On Sep 16, 2017, at 4:07 PM, Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 11:49:35PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
>> 
>> Just a guess: A rolling-release Devuan wouldn't be especially popular.
> 
> Isn't Devuan testing a rolling release?

Depends on what you expect from a rolling release.  

Testing eventually becomes the next stable so testing will see limited new 
releases as we get closer to a new release, then a flood of updates as the code 
freeze is removed.  A true rolling release wouldn't have that spike in 
activity.  

Testing requires the packages meet certain stability requirements 
(https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting), which gives medium confidence it won’t 
break.  (In practice, it’s pretty solid, but not production grade.)  Ceres 
(a.k.a. sid) will get new packages more often, but there is low confidence it 
won’t break something.

So, you could consider either one a rolling release, more or less.  Testing 
puts more emphasis on the “release” part, Ceres on the “rolling” part.

jf
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John Franklin
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