Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
Hi,
On 9/9/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I don't have Gutsy or Fiesty loaded.
That's not an issue you know. Well if you want updatedpackages you have to upgrade or build it yourself and hopefully they have been fixed. Again if not, file a bug report.
Updated packages with bug fixes should be available through apt repos. However functionality is about wish lists not bugs. Anyway I agree with everything else you said. Maybe libre based packages are going too fast in the development cycle and nothing long term stable results from it.
Libre software works well for corporates who can afford their own programmers who can make improvements and customizations to the software due to its libre nature. The same is true for the do-it-yourself individuals who will write, compile and modify their own packages. But there is a retail segment where vendors as well as users depend fully on ready binaries and don't have the time to sit and experiment with various versions of software. They need software that works at that time not after bug fixes. I can't give software to a customer saying that "Right now it won't work for you because it has bugs or less functionality but wait for some weeks or months, and the problem will definitely get fixed". Till then what should the customer do?