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#26 2012-03-16 05:04:56

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

@Inxsible
Liked your explanation.


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#27 2012-03-22 06:04:03

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

tomk wrote:
hadrons123 wrote:

patching does improve stability and reliablity.

You sure about that? You have some examples for us?

Debian


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#28 2012-03-22 06:18:53

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

I tend not to trust assertions that don't come with such colourful little appendages as references, data, logical argument, etc. Hell, even personal anecdotes are better than nothing.

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#29 2012-03-22 06:30:27

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

rz wrote:
tomk wrote:
hadrons123 wrote:

patching does improve stability and reliablity.

You sure about that? You have some examples for us?

Debian

The question then is - does stability come from patching or does it come from using 3-year-old packages?


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#30 2012-03-22 06:35:01

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

I think patching a 3-year-old package for security and bug fixes increases stability.


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#31 2012-03-22 06:43:01

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

ngoonee wrote:
rz wrote:
tomk wrote:

You sure about that? You have some examples for us?

Debian

The question then is - does stability come from patching or does it come from using 3-year-old packages?

If software does everything you need it to then why would age or version numbers matter?


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#32 2012-03-22 06:46:30

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

hadrons123 wrote:

I think patching a 3-year-old package for security and bug fixes increases stability.

I tend to agree with hadrons123. I like arch very much, but using it on servers or on a lot of production workstations it is a lot of more work compared to Debian. I like to have cutting edge software, but if possible not the new bugs or upgrade bugs coming with some new arch packages. Would be nice to have a repo or some sort of marker for stability or bug free status for the new packages. Maybe would be nice to know when there are known bugs for old packages and an update is recommended and the new packages are marked as stable. That would be nice and would enable me to use arch on production servers and workstations.

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#33 2012-03-22 06:54:18

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

Cosmin wrote:

Would be nice to have a repo or some sort of marker for stability or bug free status for the new packages. Maybe would be nice to know when there are known bugs for old packages and an update is recommended and the new packages are marked as stable. That would be nice and would enable me to use arch on production servers and workstations.

I guess Arch doesn't have the resources to do that.(maintaining old packages and fixing).
If arch is ever to do that, the focus and direction of the distro would have to be different.
i hope arch could do it someday, to cater the needs of more people, having a version of Arch comparable to Debian stable,RHEL.

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#34 2012-03-22 07:24:27

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

hadrons123 wrote:

I guess Arch doesn't have the resources to do that.(maintaining old packages and fixing).
If arch is ever to do that, the focus and direction of the distro would have to be different.
i hope arch could do it someday, to cater the needs of more people, having a version of Arch comparable to Debian stable,RHEL.

No. This is the good thing about Linux: multiple distributions. If someone prefers the way Debian does things, certainly they should use Debian - not Procrusteanise Arch into a Debian clone.

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#35 2012-03-22 07:27:41

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

That is never going to officially happen.  The whole point of Arch is rolling release and providing the latest versions of software.  If you want Debian stable or RHEL, then install them!

By the way, there have been community attempts at doing this  (Arch Server, Arch Stable, Arch Rock...) but all have failed, usually due to lack of man-power.

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#36 2012-03-22 07:27:50

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/dev/zero wrote:

not Procrusteanise Arch into a Debian clone.

Wht I suggested is an extension of features not the way you describe it.

Arch and debian are very different already.


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#37 2012-03-22 08:10:58

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

rz wrote:
ngoonee wrote:
rz wrote:

Debian

The question then is - does stability come from patching or does it come from using 3-year-old packages?

If software does everything you need it to then why would age or version numbers matter?

If stability is more important than the latest packages then Debian is the way to go. Or BSD.


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#38 2012-03-22 15:53:05

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The thread title reminded me of this:
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#39 2012-03-22 15:56:28

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Great wallpaper,  Xyne !


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#40 2012-03-22 20:58:39

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

/dev/zero wrote:
hadrons123 wrote:

I guess Arch doesn't have the resources to do that.(maintaining old packages and fixing).
If arch is ever to do that, the focus and direction of the distro would have to be different.
i hope arch could do it someday, to cater the needs of more people, having a version of Arch comparable to Debian stable,RHEL.

No. This is the good thing about Linux: multiple distributions. If someone prefers the way Debian does things, certainly they should use Debian - not Procrusteanise Arch into a Debian clone.

I like arch as it is for home use. It's great for that. big_smile

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#41 2012-04-07 09:11:50

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

hadrons123 wrote:
Cosmin wrote:

Would be nice to have a repo or some sort of marker for stability or bug free status for the new packages. Maybe would be nice to know when there are known bugs for old packages and an update is recommended and the new packages are marked as stable. That would be nice and would enable me to use arch on production servers and workstations.

I guess Arch doesn't have the resources to do that.(maintaining old packages and fixing).
If arch is ever to do that, the focus and direction of the distro would have to be different.
i hope arch could do it someday, to cater the needs of more people, having a version of Arch comparable to Debian stable,RHEL.

Arch could always do things how Gentoo kind of does it.  If no new showstopper or security bugs are posted to a package after X amount of time that package is marked as stable... and this rolls.

Brilliant IMO.


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#42 2012-04-07 09:25:14

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

rz wrote:

Arch could always do things how Gentoo kind of does it.  If no new showstopper or security bugs are posted to a package after X amount of time that package is marked as stable... and this rolls.

That is exactly how it is done...   It is just X = 0 for some packages.

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#43 2012-04-07 09:35:24

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Re: Arch vanilla packages Vs other distros

Allan wrote:
rz wrote:

Arch could always do things how Gentoo kind of does it.  If no new showstopper or security bugs are posted to a package after X amount of time that package is marked as stable... and this rolls.

That is exactly how it is done...   It is just X = 0 for some packages.

If x=0, it does make me feel bit worried.
Although never had any issues with arch for the last 6 months, except for the last week ati package upgrade, not booting into X.
but still acceptable, when comparing with other major distros having more issues.


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