From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15E5F1389E2 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:14:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 85EF1E08EC; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:14:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2599E084B for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:14:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from digimed.co.uk (shooty.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.8]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id C8F7528476 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:14:19 +0000 (GMT) Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:14:14 +0000 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] The future of linux, and Gentoo specifically now Message-ID: <20141126101414.793375ce@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <5475A61F.3020200@thegeezer.net> References: <546EE70C.2050506@yourstruly.sx> <20141121173600.GA1029@ca.inter.net> <547370D2.50009@marc-stuermer.de> <54737886.a3a7700a.6f81.4209@mx.google.com> <54738371.6050708@marc-stuermer.de> <5475A61F.3020200@thegeezer.net> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1-29-ga10cf7 (GTK+ 2.24.25; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/4RXByFvKXC2b7n_rRypXvaZ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: e91121cc-1f0f-44bb-902c-aab10decd746 X-Archives-Hash: fc5bbe9708ecea04a414f95ac0e539b0 --Sig_/4RXByFvKXC2b7n_rRypXvaZ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 10:06:23 +0000, thegeezer wrote: > > * stable releases with a more or less stable and predictable release > > cycle, =20 >=20 > debatable - i would suggest "better tested" than stable otherwise there > would be no need for debian bugzilla The vagaries of English strike again! When Debian use the word stable, they mean "not changing much" not "the opposite of unstable", as in "a stable relationship". Which is why the other branch is called "testing" and "unstable". While not changing working code very often also leads to the other sort of stability, the advantage for those managing large numbers of systems is that they are not continually applying updates and restarting services and users are not continually presented with slightly different interfaces. --=20 Neil Bothwick Love is grand. Divorce is a few grand more. --Sig_/4RXByFvKXC2b7n_rRypXvaZ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlR1p/sACgkQum4al0N1GQN8oACfXCuzx7yiIcvE1n2T6cPS8NeF d2sAoKj3BKaOxrqzlww4gzPAvFKSaCeN =xw4n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/4RXByFvKXC2b7n_rRypXvaZ--