I used to use Debian Stable. In December 2002, Python 2.2 was released. Seven months later, Debian 3.0 was released - with Python 2.1. ...time passes... In

I used to use Debian Stable. In December 2002, Python 2.2 was released. Seven months later, Debian 3.0 was released - with Python 2.1. ...time passes... In November 2004, Python 2.4 is released. Debian stable is still using Python 2.1, and will continue with it up to June 2005. June 2005, Debian stable finally upgrades off its 4+ year old Python version. Needless to say, many 2.2+ scripts I ran in early 2005 broke on my Debian stable. I understand that the late date of that particular Debian release was partially due to Ubuntu hiring away developers. I also understand that I could have always ran unstable. But it put me off of Debian stable.