> An Arch user wants (and gets) the latest versions of all upstream software.
My understanding was Arch versions often lag behind that of the latest binaries published on GitHub (based on only mucking around with Arch once); however when I checked the AUR just now everything I use was up to date. Cool.
> A Debian user does not want this or see constant updating to the latest version as an advantage, so that's not what they get.
I'm not sure I agree. You can value Debian's stability and also want to install the latest versions of some tools; that's where I'm at, and package managers that just download statically linked binaries work for me nicely.
My understanding was Arch versions often lag behind that of the latest binaries published on GitHub (based on only mucking around with Arch once); however when I checked the AUR just now everything I use was up to date. Cool.
> A Debian user does not want this or see constant updating to the latest version as an advantage, so that's not what they get.
I'm not sure I agree. You can value Debian's stability and also want to install the latest versions of some tools; that's where I'm at, and package managers that just download statically linked binaries work for me nicely.