On 2016-06-07 11:14, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On 6 June 2016 at 17:27, Rupert Kolb <[log in to unmask]> 
> wrote:
>> Thanks for clarifying. I was not aware of this.
>> 
>> For the short term I downgraded to an older version of samba4 (to get 
>> my
>> system running again).
>> (And yes, there is an entry in bugzilla for "my" problem. And a link 
>> to an
>> upstream patch ....)
>> 
>> In the medium term I'm looking for an other distribution:
>> It doesn't make sense to have about 10 years of support (in theory), 
>> but
>> updates just every half year.
> 
> It depends on what you are defining as an update because it means
> different things. If you are talking about security updates and major
> problem updates then it is sooner than 6 months.
> 
>> Then I prefer a system
>> -- where I have to do upgrades to the next major versions more 
>> frequently,
>> -- because of merely about 3 years of update support,
>> ++ but with a more current update policy
>> ++ and an overall more recent software.
>> 
> 
> You are asking a lot for free.

If the warm fuzzy feeling of a version number update means a lot to you, 
and you don't care about reinstalling stuff once a year, Fedora may be 
better for you.

Much more bleeding edge with versions, but you'll need more of an admin 
effort to make sure it all works.

-- 
Steven Haigh

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