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From: Dotan Cohen on 24 Apr 2010 14:10 On 24 April 2010 02:38, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > On 04/22/2010 03:54 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > [snip] >> >> It looks to me that Backports is the best for an everyday >> user who values stability, and prefers to use released software >> version. Please let me know where I am mistaken. Thanks. > > "stable with current releases" is a contradiction. Â If you want current > releases, run Testing or Unstable. Â (Ignore the scary words from the > website. Â Testing and Unstable are Stable Enough.) > Thanks, Ron. I don't see the contradiction: I want released software, no betas or alphas. I am using the word "stable" as in "not crashy (doesn't fall down)", not in the sense of "doesn't change". I wondered if Testing or Unstable would provide that. > If you *really want* Stable, though, deinstall iceweseal, icedove, > openoffice, etc and get their binaries directly from upstream. There's no > shame in that. Â (For OOo, I'd recommend www.go-oo.org; it's Debian's > upstream.) > -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/t2i880dece01004241102n1fe13d62u621f5b5e098c7408(a)mail.gmail.com
From: Johan Grönqvist on 24 Apr 2010 14:40 2010-04-24 20:02, Dotan Cohen skrev: > > Thanks, Ron. I don't see the contradiction: I want released software, > no betas or alphas. I am using the word "stable" as in "not crashy > (doesn't fall down)", not in the sense of "doesn't change". > > I wondered if Testing or Unstable would provide that. I use debian testing (with a few packages from unstable) because in my subjective experience, I have had fewer software problems with that solution than with the normal released versions of ubuntu. (I have used debian and/or ubuntu since at least 2002.) Regards Johan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hqvdrs$6c0$1(a)dough.gmane.org
From: Ron Johnson on 24 Apr 2010 15:00 On 04/24/2010 01:02 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 24 April 2010 02:38, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: >> On 04/22/2010 03:54 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: >> [snip] >>> >>> It looks to me that Backports is the best for an everyday >>> user who values stability, and prefers to use released software >>> version. Please let me know where I am mistaken. Thanks. >> >> "stable with current releases" is a contradiction. If you want current >> releases, run Testing or Unstable. (Ignore the scary words from the >> website. Testing and Unstable are Stable Enough.) >> > > Thanks, Ron. I don't see the contradiction: I want released software, > no betas or alphas. Testing/Sid *occasionally* have beta software (you can tell by the "-b" in the version number). Note the word "occasionally". Mostly, though, since all non-trivial s/w has bugs, Testing and Unstable shake out packaging bugs and software bugs is released software. > I am using the word "stable" as in "not crashy > (doesn't fall down)", not in the sense of "doesn't change". > > I wondered if Testing or Unstable would provide that. > Yes, absolutely. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD33E01.5010507(a)cox.net
From: Dotan Cohen on 25 Apr 2010 02:10
Thanks, Johan and Ron! -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/x2r880dece01004242303k2a8c78t6545f43e40700374(a)mail.gmail.com |