Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
Hi,
On 9/9/07, Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't have Gutsy or Fiesty loaded.
That's not an issue you know. Well if you want updated
packages you have to upgrade or build it yourself and hopefully they
have been fixed. Again if not, file a bug report.
Updated packages with bug fixes should be available through apt repos.
However functionality is about wish lists not bugs. Anyway I agree with
everything else you said. Maybe libre based packages are going too fast
in the development cycle and nothing long term stable results from it.
Libre software works well for corporates who can afford their own
programmers who can make improvements and customizations to the software
due to its libre nature. The same is true for the do-it-yourself
individuals who will write, compile and modify their own packages. But
there is a retail segment where vendors as well as users depend fully on
ready binaries and don't have the time to sit and experiment with
various versions of software. They need software that works at that time
not after bug fixes. I can't give software to a customer saying that
"Right now it won't work for you because it has bugs or less
functionality but wait for some weeks or months, and the problem will
definitely get fixed". Till then what should the customer do?
--
Regards,
Rony.
Knock Knock
Who's There?
Linux
Who Linux?
GNU/Linux
--
http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
