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You would not be the first person I have communicated with who is unaware 
of shortcuts that are taken in the name of expediency for that distro.  It 
is more a reflection of the different forces driving the two than anything 
inherently "wrong" with the one or the other.  So, as long as there is not 
an attempt on the part of either distro as to what their aims and practices 
are, there is no point of contention.

> For comparison, Debian 3.0 shipped July 2002. Debian 3.1 ships Monday. 
> Something's very slow about the Debian stabilization process, but it's 
> not the "open software only" guidelines.... My guess is it's that everyone 
> involved spends too much time in flame wars on debian-devel ;-). 
[...]
The release schedules for Debian have been embarrassingly slow, and it has 
been a real "black eye" for perception of Debian.  Geeks in the know simply 
use testing and unstable and roll on, but new folks who look at it and see 
a last stable release of 3 years ago are immediately turned off - and rightly 
so.  The hope is that we are making some big changes in that respect.

While the flame wars on debian-devel are as alive as they are on any other 
distro's developer list, I am quite certain that the adherence to Debian 
policy and the fact that it is indeed all-volunteer are major factors in 
how fast things progress.  I also believe that Debian's not being encumbered 
by corporate directives can account for the lax pace as well.  This has its 
own set of pros and cons, but it is the set that I agree with enough to give 
of my own time and effort.

Fedora is not the same as Debian; obviously not in content, but also not in 
its policies, aims, and driving motivators.  Both have their place within 
the Linux ecosystem.  I only tend to see assertions that Fedora is like 
Debian; I rarely see an assertion made in the other direction.  Perhaps that 
entrepeneurial and spririted movement ideal, not being subsidized and steered 
by a corporation, appeals to the sense of freedom with those persons who make 
this assertion.  There's a "cool" element to it.  But that kind of "cool" has 
its price; expediency, resource wealth, and slick packaging are some that I 
often miss.  But, all in all, I still choose the freedom route.

Regards,
-- 
Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
site: www.alltc.com
weblog: www.yepthatsme.com

Registered Linux User #368650
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