I use Debian Testing on my primary desktop and do a full system update about once a month. --- tim hall <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Saturday 11 February 2006 04:11, Erik de Castro > Lopo was like: > > > On 2/11/06, Erik de Castro Lopo > <mle+la@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > libsndfile0 is at least three years old. > Everyone I know of is using > > > > libsndfile1-dev > > > > > > Isn't three years old standard for debian? ..... > > > > I'll bite. > > > > Debian stable has libsndfile1: > > > > > http://pdo.debian.net/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl? > > > > > keywords=libsndfile&searchon=names&subword=1&version=stable&release=all > > > > and that Debian stable was released in July 2005. > > > > People who have never taken the time to learn > Debian would probably > > be surpirsed just how good it actually is. > > Yeah, and I'll chew. Three years isn't standard EVEN > FOR DEBIAN, OK? Sarge > took this long to get out of the door, granted. I > understand this was a > tongue in cheek remark, but these idle remarks tend > to get built on and get > taken more seriously by some than they should. > > So, at risk of being Utterly Boring on this subject > - Debian's idea of > 'stable' is to be conservatively rock solid for > production servers & newbies. > Most Desktop users use 'testing' or 'sid', Everyone > in Debian knows this and > works accordingly. 'Testing' runs a couple of months > or so behind the leading > edge, which for me is just enough time to read > bugreports and be aware of > potential breakages in advance. For example, I'm > still using stable for > mission critical work, until etch settles down a > bit. So I'm still using > Linux-2.6.12, this kernel was compiled on 23 June > 2005. So that's about a > year behind. DeMuDi 'testing' has 2.6.14. There are > lots of sources for > backports and unofficial builds if you need to keep > more up to date, which > means rosegarden-dssi and ardour-0.99 on the music > front and of course you > can build your own if you need to be tracking CVS or > whatever. The purpose of > a distribution is to provide a solid foundation, I'm > perfectly happy with > having to do a little work if I want the latest > toys. > > I know I do a lot of pom-pom waving for Debian. > There's a reason for this. ;) > -- > cheers, > > tim hall > http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
