From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759794AbXKLRT1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:19:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753841AbXKLRTR (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:19:17 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:55006 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751483AbXKLRTQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:19:16 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Tuomo Valkonen Subject: Re: [poll] Is the megafreeze development model broken? Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20071112152057.GJ9771@stusta.de> <47387BB5.4090908@smsglobal.net> <20071112171456.GN9771@stusta.de> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: jolt.modeemi.cs.tut.fi User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1pl1 (Debian) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2007-11-12, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Geeks like you and me want the latest software > (I'm using Debian unstable/testing). > > But most users want a Linux installation that simply works - and this > includes all software on the system at all times. I'm not in either category. I want a truly stable (as in "quality", not as in "static" as the distros use the term) base system that simply works, but I want to follow certain interesting software more closely. I also doubt the average luser wants the broken software that distros include in their megafrozen "stable" collections. Of course, most of the software that the average luser wants is much better supported than tested than marginal software, but they do occasionally venture there, and get crap. -- Tuomo