[kubuntu-users] Re: [kubuntu-users] Kubuntu distribution packages

[Donn]

> Donn wrote:
> >> That's very bad. Dapper is LTS and many people use it because it's so.
> >> Upgrading to Fiesty via Edgy - sounds like a reason to look other
> >> distros.
>That's *always* been the way it's run, both in debian, and ubuntu. 
>(snip)
Cool, except I didn't write that.

> I'm not terribly familiar with alternatives - but I dont think you can
> upgrade suse 10.1 to 10.3 for eg, either - at least, not without solving
> the dependancy problems yourself.  Of course, you can do that with
> ubuntu too - but you cant be promised a trouble-free upgrade if you're
> going to do that.
As far as I know from Fedora-land, you either kept-up with each release or you 
stagnated in a gradually cooling lump of code until you could run nothing at 
all and your cries for help got lost on the wind ... :(
It was harsh :) Hence my real hope when I read about Ubuntu and LTS to LTS.

> You *will* be able to upgrade just fine between LTS releases.  That's
> not what's being discussed here.  That situation is not yet applicable.
>
I am looking fwd to it! Of course, by then, I'll prob have my system in such 
an apt-get knot that I'll have to reformat anyway :D Ahhhhh.

> > That's what I'm counting on and that's why I am starving myself of all
> > the new versions of KDE and Firefox etc. in order to have a stable system
> > for the longest period.
>
> I'm still not sure that dapper is so stable - ie, edgy's getting more
> stable release updates, but am not about to argue this point.
>
No, I meant "stable" as in "dese packages ain't gonna change Bub - tough" :D

Just correcting who said wot.

Cheers,
/d