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Subject: Re: [kde-linux] KDE 3 Beta
From: david <gnome () hawaii ! rr ! com>
Date: 2007-11-02 9:10:42
Message-ID: 472AE992.5020800 () hawaii ! rr ! com
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Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Wednesday 31 October 2007 06:15:08 david wrote:
>> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>>> The truth is that there are two very different camps. One camp wants
>>>> the latest and greatest. The other camp wants stability at any price.
>>>> That camp uses Enterprise releases.
>>> I am in basic agreement with that idea. That is why I propose two
>>> releases stable and unstable.
>> The "other camp" is in a different situation than Joe Ordinary User. If
>> Joe's system won't come up after an update - oh, well. But if you are IT
>> director keeping vital corporate databases alive on a server - you can't
>> afford to have that server crash because of some error in an update.
>>
>> But, anyway, I thought that's why there were branches of Linux such as
>> Stable and Testing/Unstable?
>
> Precisely. Enterprise releases have stable, well-tested packages but not the
> latest and greatest, Typically they offer security fixes for 5 years, but
> feature updates are not a priority. They are perfect for the scenario you
> describe.
My wife ran an older Stable distribution for years and years, and many
times the only updates her system received were security fixes.
Anyway, I think the original poster was proposing the same idea as the
existing Stable and Testing/Unstable releases, just maybe not aware that
they already exist.
--
David
gnome@hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
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