[wellylug] Sarge approaching release

[Enkidu]

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:59:41 -0700, you wrote:

>But why use source debs when you can just used a much more modern
>distro in the first place?  I've found Fedora Core 2 to be extremely
>happy with yum and whatnot.  Granted, I don't like rpm-based distros
>much anymore, but still...
>
Fedora? Still uses the old RedHat technologies.
>
>So when Sarge is finally released, it'll still be a year or two behind
>the times.  I mean, this stability is great and all for production
>machines, but for a desktop box, I like to run newer stuff.  Far too
>often, Sid's got a lot of broken packages... (but I guess that's why
>they call it unstable, no?)
>
I've never found a broken package on Sid. Currently most of my boxes
run Testing/Sid. I've not had any problems with this sort of setup.
>
>My biggest question is whether or not the new installer will put 2.4.x
>on by default or still stick with 2.2...
>
That's a big question?

Cheers,

Cliff