[rescue] GNU != Unix (was: PC v. PeeCees? (was: IBM hard

[James Lockwood]

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002, Koyote wrote:

> Unofrtunately, because of the "community" emphasis of the linux world,
> this kind of crap makes the community as a whole look bad (similarly
> with Debian refusing to incorporate xf 4.2 because someone doesn't
> like it. Of course- debian is rapidly becoming an "historical" linux
> os with the ever increasing lag time.)

Respectfully disagree.  IMHO the Linux world needs a distribution that
actually attempts to do feature freezes.  In many cases I would far rather
have a known software set (with known idiosyncrasies) than a late-breaking
constantly updated mix.  When you maintain a large number of systems in
active production, avoiding feature creep is vital.

I am more impressed with the Debian release strategy than that of most
other Linux distributions.  Lag time is very acceptable to me unless I
have a vital need for a critical feature, in which case I will take the
responsibility to add and test it myself.

-James