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Old 05-02-2008, 05:04 AM
Realto Margarino
 
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Default Re: Slackware versus OpenBSD

Robby Workman <newsgroups@rlworkman.net> says:
>On 2008-04-30, Realto Margarino <rm@justlinux.ca> wrote:


>> How is BSD for packages these days? The last time we did an
>> install, admittedly 4 or 5 years ago, the big packages were two or
>> three revisions behind.


>Some of them are a bit "behind" and some are current, but I have yet
>to find one that doesn't "just work" when installed. Quality and
>stability is more important than having that "new and shiny" version
>number.


We were talking about revisions and updates, not new versions.
Usually revisions are made in the name of quality and stability.
But you are right about new versions - they are usually not as
stable.

cordially, as always,

rm
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