Re: [tlug] Looking for a distribution to replace Ubuntu

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

Curt Sampson writes:

 > Though I do note that 8.04 received the latest PostgreSQL 8.3.5 update
 > only three weeks after it was released. So it's not like they can't roll
 > at least some stuff out with reasonable alacrity.

Some stuff, yes.  But I doubt they'll do an 8.4 before 8.4.1.

 > On 2008-11-26 10:54 +0900 (Wed), Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
 > 
 > > a) if you use stable, and you know the year long release cycle you
 > > either stick with horrible outdated software, use a backport server or
 > > just bang your had against the wall
 > 
 > Ok, so now I'm getting the sense of it. "Stable" means "minimal changes"
 > in the Linux world, not, "everything that's not bleeding edge."

s/Debian/Linux/.  Other distros (eg Ubuntu) have different policies.
But in Debian "stable" means "security releases only", not "we don't
have any crash reports yet".