[GRLUG] Debian Release Party

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 12:25:10PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote:
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> > Is it deemed enough more reliable or bug free than Ubuntu releases
> > to make it worth having such infrequent releases?
> 
> Debian seems to be kicking this habit. This is their second release in
> two years, which is actually _more_ frequent than Ubuntu's LTS
> releases.

Michael has made a really good point here.  Many decry Debian's "too
infrequent" releases but Debian Testing is at least similar in quality
to a Ubuntu stable release.  I realize that fodder for some, but it's
true.

By the time Debian calls a package "stable" you can bet that it is.
This often means that a package is "out of date" in stable, but stable
is meant to offer stability, not bleeding edge.

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