>>>>> "David" == David Brodbeck <DavidB@???> writes:
>> I simply ended up doing a minimal installation and getting what
>> I wanted as sources and compiling them myself. Eventually you
>> find Debian is so out of date that stuff won't compile (may I
>> mention libstdc++.so.5 and stable).
David> That's why I don't run Debian Stable. It's just too old,
David> too out of date. I do at least a partial upgrade to
David> testing on every system I install. Debian's development
David> cycle is just too slow for Stable to be a useful OS.
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Why do people post such comments to mailing lists ? You come with a
sweeping statement that is obviously inaccurate when one looks at all
the different scenarios where computers are used. Banks and the
telecommuncations industry are just one example where you will find
"major" upgrades are seldom and testing can take months if not years
before a new version is ready for production (not to speak of highly
specialised computer applications, for example aircraft control
systems). Now they may not be using Linux for their most critical
apps. but there are bound to be other less critical areas of their
business where a six, or even twelve, month release cycle is
unacceptable to them.
This Debian discussion is so OT that thats all I'll say about it.
Sincerely,
Adrian Phillips
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