online article: MEPIS to switch from Ubuntu to Debian

[Derek Broughton]

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???  They'll be forced to switch back,
soon, because I can't imagine Debian getting out more than 1 release in a
row in a timely manner.
-- 
derek