On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 04:43:00PM -0800, Bob Miller wrote: > Debian is an example of exactly the opposite process providing exactly > the opposite result. If pkg X doesn't run on ARM or MIPS, then pkg X > doesn't release. If the new libc is incompatible with obscure app Y, > then libc is held back until Y is fixed. If a critical bug is open, > the release is held back. (again, my understanding, based on hearsay) > Debian only releases twice a decade, but the resulting stable releases > are completely bulletproof.
Debian's hit the three year mark between woody and sarge. The latter has yet to be released. The time between releases is following a trend of getting significantly longer. > Other distributions use other policies which produce other results. > But it takes a huge developer community to keep a general-purpose > distro going, so there aren't very many other viable not-for-profit > general purpose distros. The commercial distros have to pay their > developers, so they're manpower-limited too. Ain't that the truth. _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
