[plug] When is the next installfest?

[James Devenish]

In message <4006581A.8050205 at postnewspapers.com.au>
on Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 05:06:34PM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> James Devenish wrote:
> >>I think you'll find Debian behind the pack in terms of packaging the
> >>latest versions of everything.
> >
> >Debian packages a lot of the latest versions, but there are some
> >big-name items (e.g. XFree86) that aren't mainstream.
> 
> Debian _unstable_ and _testing_ do.

A non-trivial number of people choose to use 'testing' for personal
workstations (some instead use 'unstable', or may install a copy of
'experimental' somewhere). 'stable' is the normal choice for servers
and for cautious desktop users. I judiciously install packages from
'testing' on 'stable' servers. I do have one Debian workstation and
although it mostly runs 'stable', I mix in a lot of packages from
'testing' (which are often the latest versions, for the things I use).