Who really wants to deal with a constantly changing system though? Only a geek with too much time, and too few projects?
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 04:36:32PM +1200, Matthew Gregan wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 01:55:24PM +1200, Brad Beveridge wrote: > > Sorry - that's not apples and apples. You're comparing Gentoo stable > > vs Debian testing. However I can't see how to get the website to > > Yes, I repeatedly mentioned it was Debian testing. I chose Debian > testing because most Debian users who want a stable system with fairly > recent packages are likely to be running testing. Sure, it is not > _called_ 'stable', but you'll find it is (simplistically speaking) as > stable as another distribution running the same versions of each > package. > > > display it's unstable packages :) Maybe Debian unstable might be a > > closer comparison (I won't suggest trying Deb stable - that's just > > unfair!) > > Did you look at the list? Debian testing was already fairly > competitive. Debian unstable is not appropriate to compare because it > really is unstable, and is likely to contain broken packages at any > time. > > Cheers, > -mjg > -- > Matthew Gregan |/ > /| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
