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It reads to me that a problem is being solved that I don't have. For one thing, I only care about Linux on the server, not on the desktop.
by louwrentius 12y ago
It reads to me that a problem is being solved that I don't have. For one thing, I only care about Linux on the server, not on the desktop.
- javert 12y agoFunny because I only care about Linux on the desktop and I don't have this problem, either. He talks about a state explosion of packages and libraries, but in practice, I don't see that it matters. Yes, there is technically a state explosion, so you can't test every possible combination of packages. But you don't need to because they don't interfere with one another much in practice. I won't pronounce that as universally true (I suspect some people would strongly disagree), but that's been my experience.
- thrownaway122 12y agoIf you only need versions in your distro's repos then this is usually fine - although often the more obscure stuff is broken in e.g. Ubuntu repos. If you want a newer version? Things break fast.