online article: MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian

[Scott (angrykeyboarder)]

Derek Broughton spake thusly:
> Richard A. Johnson wrote:
> 
>> On Monday 30 July 2007, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
>> | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6170488551.html
>> |
>> | MEPIS is switching back to Debian as its base instead of Ubuntu
>>
>> I read that earlier. It kind of stinks, but then again, I guess they
>> didn't thoroughly read what LTS was all about. I just hope they picked up
>> some developers since they decided to change to an Ubuntu base last year.
>> Prior to coming to Kubuntu I was using Mepis, and the reason I ended up
>> switching to Kubuntu is because they had more bugs then a million people
>> could track. I do however feel they should have just followed our dev
>> cycle instead of deciding to stick with LTS, as this would have given them
>> exactly what they wanted. 
> 
> So, they switched from Debian to Ubuntu, because the development cycle at
> Debian was too slow, and now they're switching to Debian because our LTS
> releases don't come out often enough???  

When I first heard MEPIS was switching from Debian to Ubuntu (due to
Ubuntu's frequent releases) I just assumed it was going to closely
follow Ubuntu's 6-month release cycle.

If he was solely going to base MEPIS on Ubuntu LTS releases then he got
what he (Warren Woodford) should have expected in the first place.

I'm really surprised he was that clueless.



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            Scott
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