[arch-general] Multiple Kernels

Brendan Long korin43 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 1 16:30:30 EST 2010


On 02/01/2010 09:06 AM, Dan McGee wrote:
> [snip]
> Oh my! A bug! But software never has bugs, and we should test
> everything for months before releasing it!
>
> Seriously, do you think we purposely release buggy software? (We
> don't) Do strive for a rock solid system? No, because our users (and
> us!) want a more bleeding-edge distro that uses the latest version of
> upstream software. If you don't want this you shouldn't be using Arch.
>
> -Dan
>   
Isn't this precisely why we use Arch? Because the bug you get every
couple months is an acceptable price to pay to not be running 6 month
old software? Not to mention that once it's found, it's fixed quickly
since the devs focus on one version instead of a several.

-Brendan Long


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