Re: [kde-linux] KDE 3 Beta

On Wednesday 31 October 2007 06:15:08 david wrote:
James Richard Tyrer wrote:

The truth is that there are two very different camps. One camp wants
the latest and greatest. The other camp wants stability at any price.
That camp uses Enterprise releases.

I am in basic agreement with that idea. That is why I propose two
releases stable and unstable.

The "other camp" is in a different situation than Joe Ordinary User. If
Joe's system won't come up after an update - oh, well. But if you are IT
director keeping vital corporate databases alive on a server - you can't
afford to have that server crash because of some error in an update.

But, anyway, I thought that's why there were branches of Linux such as
Stable and Testing/Unstable?

Precisely. Enterprise releases have stable, well-tested packages but not the
latest and greatest, Typically they offer security fixes for 5 years, but
feature updates are not a priority. They are perfect for the scenario you
describe.

Anne
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