[mdk-re] [JT] rock solid unstable ;-)

[mdk-re] [JT] rock solid unstable ;-)

[Michael Shigorin]

	Здравствуйте.
Вот, заметил на lwn.net/2002/0221 -- аж понравилось (в оригинале
про Debian -- а там пусть каждый свое думает ;-) :

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The unstable distribution is not for everybody, of course. Your
editor once performed an upgrade during a short window when the
PAM packages were broken; the result was a system that nobody
could log into. Following unstable through a major Perl or Python
transition can be a bit of a challenge. And you never know what
surprises may lurk within the latest version of your favorite
utility. Unstable remains popular, though, and it is interesting
to ponder why. There are things to be learned about the free
software development process in the dynamics of the unstable
distribution.

The first thing worth pointing out, of course, is that the
unstable distribution is usually solid as a rock. It's almost too
stable, in that users can easily get into the habit of tracking
the bleeding edge without watching (and being prepared) for
problems. It works almost all the time.

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