On 2/14/2009 9:59 AM, Maarten Bezemer wrote:
I can see 1.1.9-1 in Experimental, but not even in Unstable yet. So I'm not ready to try it on production machines.
I could never use a distro that required me to use outdated/buggy software...
So you prefer to use the new&shiny versions of the software that include all new&shiny bugs?
Please don't put words in my mouth. I said what I said, and meant it.
Given my experience with a lot of software, that's just not an acceptable policy.
With software that is a fast moving target and bugs get squashed quickly, it is the only sensible policy, imnsho.
Of course, as the old saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it - and this is NOT in contradiction to what I said earlier... I said I wouldn't use a distro that REQUIRED me to use outdated/buggy s/w...
in general, bleeding edge isn't the way to go.
For SYSTEM packages, I totally agree. But again, for software that is a fast moving target, quick upgrades to latest versions THAT FIX BUGS BEING ENCOUNTERED BY THE CURRENT VERSION is the only sensible thing to do.
For production environments, I'm more than happy with Debian Stable plus backports versions of things like dovecot.
I prefer Gentoo due to its 'rolling release' nature (mine has been kept up to date from day one for the last 5 years, with not one major glitch that most of the critical packages I use are updated to latest versions
- knock on wood). I keep the 'system' pinned at stable, and keyword the fast moving packages to unstable... accomplishes the same thing, except
within hours or days (with some irritating exceptions, like Samba), as opposed to weeks or months like most other distros.
But to each his/her own...
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Best regards,
Charles