> On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Eli Marmor wrote: > > > Although it is not Israel-related or Hebrew-related, this news is > > important enough for this list: > > just curious, so please dont flame (unless you really want to, in which > case, be my guest): why is this news important? what is the benefit in > being on the cutting edge and installing at the minute it comes out, *in > regards to a whole distribution*? > > the way i see it, it makes sense to be on the cutting edge of a certain > program (the kernel, for example) if you need cutting edge features or > follow up development. in either case, you get the latest code. when it > comes to distributions, however, the cutting edge is rather dull, since > they have to do testing and packaging. therefore, even with the latest > and greatest distro, you dont get the latest code. so, what's the point? > why not wait a week or two or a month? > > in other words, can someone please explain the 'upgrade now, at all > costs' mentality to this tired programmer?
I appreciating those messages not because the 'upgrade now, at all costs' but due to the fact that otherwise all these names (MDK 8, RH 7.2) will associate for me to anything. The reason for this is that trying to concentrate on Debian, I do not have much knowledge about other distributions. Therefore, having a time stamp about when a particular distribution has been released helps me to associate it to the kernel version, gcc version, X version and so on. > -- > mulix > > http://www.advogato.com/person/mulix > http://www.sf.net/projects/syscalltrack > > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
