On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 7:11 AM, Aymeric Mansoux <[email protected]> wrote: > But now, If someone uses the live version running of a stick, or a hd. > Everything is fine, until this person decides to update the liveUSB/HD > via aptitude. Then, instead of pulling just some files related to the > audio/video/multimedia software, it might pull a whole new system that > will have to be cached on the persistent mode, and might also just > break the system. Erasing the stick or the HD with a new liveUSB/HD > recent snapshot would be then easier, which breaks a bit the concept of > a live system that can be maintained with minimal effort.
Well, I should state that I do have a conflict of interests, as the Live release doesn't hold much interest to me, I'm currently running an install of Debian testing, with the p:d and multimedia sources, so I have access to supercollider and suchlike. I'm not using the p:d kernel, as this broke xorg on my laptop. So obviously I'd prefer p:d to stick with testing. > In your opinion, which components that would become outdated, would be a > real problem? Well, we don't really know what new hardware will come out in the next 18 months (when Squeeze is likely to go stable). Of course, any new hardware could be sorted out in kernel upgrades, but then aren't you just duplicating work done by the main Debian branch? As I said before, for most people, testing is as stable as they'll ever need. It's certainly more stable than Windows, and probably more stable than OSX. Debian's naming of a release as 'stable' lures people into thinking that that is the one they need for a non-flakey OS, when this simply isn't the case. I wouldn't want to have a machine running on unstable, but very few people would ever have any major issues with testing, if any issues at all. The only downside I can think of with testing, is that if an error did pass through to testing, you'd have wait 2 or 3 weeks for the fix to filter back through. Also, never underestimate a user's wish for something new and shiny. Planning your OS around a bulletproof system will make some people very pleased indeed, knowing that their music system is very unlikely to crash (bar any software issues), but for most users, I think they'd see another release with a few extra bells and whistles, and look back at p:d as being outdated. Loz --- [email protected] irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne
