On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 09:44:02AM -0700, zunzun wrote: > On Oct 26, 8:42 am, Christoph Haas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Actually not. But I'm a bit tired of voicing my opinion and I can > > imagine that others may be tired of my opinion either. > > I am an Ubuntu user and was disappointed to learn that > the recent release of Gutsy (7.10) did not have the > current version of Pylons, even as the 7.10 beta sat > there without an update. To me personally, if the current > version of Pylons is X, then I should be able to bring > it in using apt-get. If not, then to me personally > Pylons version X is not really the current version.
Creating a Debian/Ubuntu stable release is a time-consuming process. The release teams do a general "freeze" of packages to do their QA tests. No new packages are allowed in unless there is a compelling reason (like security or stability fixes that would close a high priority bug). So at the time of the release you will get software that will be weeks old. The focus of "stable" releases lies in reliability. You don't have to touch anything but get security updates for the period of the stable release. That's great for workstations and servers. Although I think that Ubuntu's 6 month cycle is already too quick for most. Before rolling out new versions in companies you will want to test all your applications. That's okay every 2-4 years but you don't want to do that every half year. Anyway... you can choose "unstable" and have the up-to-date packages. You could even stay with the "stable" branch and use "APT pinning" to just update the Pylons-related packages to the unstable versions. Which one you use depends on your preference. If you accept breakage of your system but want to play with newest versions that's up to you. If you stay on "stable" you can apt-get all you want - the "stable" branch won't change except for security patches. > As Pylons becomes more popular this issue becomes more glaring - in my > opinion. Not quite. The packages are there - even in Ubuntu. You just have to use them. Christoph --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
