From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,8ae9a80448fc719e X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.flashnewsgroups.com-b7.4zTQh5tI3A!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Debian Community Poll References: <462e855f-e444-455d-9df3-7cab6e88d23d@y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> <10mk6myeyhcsu.1rlqoeq87nkl1.dlg@40tude.net> <87pqztnxz9.fsf@ludovic-brenta.org> <4c16ba75$0$6980$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <7f02c9a0-6bf8-4c7f-ade2-c94969d0a5de@x21g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> <1qhssaueuj5im$.d57jtzi7ot23.dlg@40tude.net> <1gq8nkao7tonp.133degase7yqq$.dlg@40tude.net> <2b6f3e16-7e5e-46f8-ab35-54a5a6e1a8b0@w31g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <2sv9ibikz9un.nm85w0b20ryl$.dlg@40tude.net> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:13:11 -0400 Message-ID: <828w6fo688.fsf@stephe-leake.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZpX+ov8QejroXwtpfkTSs5wd8S8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@flashnewsgroups.com Organization: FlashNewsgroups.com X-Trace: b4c3d4c186b88e197caa705768 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:12749 Date: 2010-06-16T02:13:11-04:00 List-Id: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" writes: > On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:30:59 -0700 (PDT), Ludovic Brenta wrote: > >> Please do not impose >> your definition of "outdated" on everyone else and do not disparage >> the hard work that Debian Developers put in quality control. > > Outdated = not current, obsolete. "not current" is _not_ the same as "obsolete"! "not current" means "there is a later version" "obsolete" means "there is absolutely no reason to use this package". If the FTP package in Debian Lenny allows you to transfer files between machines, it is not "obsolete". The fact that the FTP package in Debian Squeeze has a couple more minor features does not change that fact. -- -- Stephe