Back Again

[Claude Jones]

On Wednesday August 1 2007 10:22:53 am Tim wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-08-01 at 08:39 -0400, Claude Jones wrote:
> > and I did notice that their repos tended to lag behind the
> > release curve after some time - security patches would come
> > through, but many other packages would remain with older
> > versions for much longer periods than with other distros.
>
> Didn't Debian always have that reputation?  The normal release
> being somewhat behind the times, but very stable because of
> it.  Those who wanted the lastest, to forgo the ordinary
> release and get their extra bits another way.

I've read that as well, but I've also read that those times have 
changed. Debian Etch is their version of testing, if I've got 
that right, and that's what MEPIS will be based on. 

-- 
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA