Just to throw my two-devil's-advocate-cents in here, I maintain a gentoo server and --
though I certainly appreciate getting well-tested, problem-free updates -- I think the
biggest problem gentoo faces is how far behind the curve it is. It's just plain
embarassing that there are still no (unmasked) versions of PHP5, MySQL4.1 or 5, or Java
5/Tomcat 5.5 in portage... all of which have been freely available for over a year.
I understand that it's an all volunteer effort and I really do appreciate all the work of
the devs. However, as counter-point to this discussion of a stable tree, I am wondering
aloud if the developers' time might be better spent catching gentoo up with the rest of
the world (esp. FreeBSD).
Like I say, just my .02...
Ben
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