Now you are just spreading lies and misinformation. On Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 7:49 AM TomasK <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 2021-04-16 at 05:23 -0700, Ben Koenig wrote: > > On 4/15/21 10:48 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021, 22:59 Ben Koenig <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > version | pkg changes during dev cycle > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > 13.37 | 3185 > > > > 14.0 | 3959 > > > > 14.1 | 6098 > > > > 14.2 | 7700 > > > > 15.0 | 40983 AND STILL COUNTING > > > > > > > > > > > > 40,938 updates in almost 5 years. That's a LOT of activity for a > > > > dead > > > > software project! > > > > . > > > > > > Correct terminology for this is rolling distro. > > > > > > No, that is not correct. Slackware is not a rolling release distro. > > Every version is considered stable and receives long term support. > > > > > > As clearly indicated, the above numbers are for the DEVELOPMENT CYCLE > > of > > each version from 13.37 onwards and does not include post-release > > patches. All versions of Slackware receive patches and security > > updates > > post-release. The delay seen with the release of 15.0 is unrelated > > to > > the development model itself and is not cause to make claims that > > Slackware is now a rolling release distribution. > > > > I guess, that it was not that clear to someone who has zero idea about > Slackware. > > You mentioned "development cycle" - I understood it as - slackaware is > and will keep working on developing 15.0. It seemed more likely that is > being developed rather than being stuck in maintenance for so long. > Perhaps long maintenance period would be better way to describe it. > > Anyway, thanks for elaborating on it. > > Tomas > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
