Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by jcelerier on Monday January 13, 2020 @04:29AM
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That is only if you use the debian-specific definition of "stable" which is "does not change". The rest of the world thinks of "less bugs" when they think of stable software.
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Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by celticmusic on Monday January 13, 2020 @05:05AM
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yes, because randomly declaring the other person as using a different definition somehow adds to the conversation and changes their point.
Back here in reality, rolling release is less stable because more bugs in the software get through. And this is a reasonable expectation and not some magical fairyland where bugs never get written so being right up against the dev branch is as stable as being on the stable branch.
Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by jcelerier on Monday January 13, 2020 @05:55AM
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> Back here in reality, rolling release is less stable because more bugs in the software get through.
We really live in two different software worlds. Every software I'm using has its number of bugs a purely decreasing function of time, especially in the "main" paths and use cases.
Re:OpenBSD won't update Firefox, advises users to switch to ESR
by celticmusic on Monday January 13, 2020 @06:35AM
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Your statement is a logical paradox.
If it were true, it means there wouldn't be bugs in the first place because they wouldn't have gotten written. The very fact that the bugs got written implies new bugs can, and will, be introduced.