[MontelLUG] Contiene sw più aggiornato Debian o Ubuntu?

[Alessandro Galli]

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It is a common belief that Ubuntu provides newer software than Debian.
This is of course true when Ubuntu is compared to Debian stable. This is
also true for specific software packages, like Gnome. But how does it
compare in general ?
At the time of the Dapper release, here is how Ubuntu Dapper and Debian
Unstable compared wrt source package versions :
In Ubuntu, but not in Debian: 1795
 In Debian, but not in Ubuntu: 588
 Exact same version: 4361
 Same upstream version: 2963
 … and same Debian version, but Ubuntu has local changes: 731
 … “Debian version” newer in Debian: 2197
 … “Debian version” newer in Ubuntu: 35
 Different upstream version: 2166
 … newer in Debian: 1955
 … newer in Ubuntu: 211
So Debian easily wins. But this comparison is unfair, because Debian
unstable is a moving target : of course, it’s newer than Ubuntu ! What
about Debian testing ?
In Ubuntu, but not in Debian: 2137
 In Debian, but not in Ubuntu: 514
 Exact same version: 4529
 Same upstream version: 2652
 … and same Debian version, but Ubuntu has local changes: 775
 … newer in Debian: 1816
 … newer in Ubuntu: 61
 Different upstream version: 1967
 … newer in Debian: 1666
 … newer in Ubuntu: 301
Yes, Debian still wins. Okay, but Ubuntu Dapper had a particularly long
release cycle. What about Ubuntu Breezy, and Debian Testing at the time
of the Breezy release ?
In Ubuntu, but not in Debian: 2462
 In Debian, but not in Ubuntu: 384
 Exact same version: 4586
 Same upstream version: 2253
 … and same Debian version, but Ubuntu has local changes: 981
 … newer in Debian: 1172
 … newer in Ubuntu: 100
 Different upstream version: 1375
 … newer in Debian: 1020
 … newer in Ubuntu: 355
Debian testing wins again.
Notes:
Statistics might be biased because of source package name changes.
Ubuntu doesn’t automatically remove packages which were removed from
Debian, which partially explains the high number of packages in Ubuntu
but not in Debian.
OK, there’s no Debian unstable/Ubuntu edgy comparison. I believe that
not many people use Ubuntu development versions (except a few weeks
before release), and that Ubuntu dev versions are usually not considered
usable. OTOH, many people use Debian testing or Debian unstable.
The quick and dirty script used to generate the stats is available.
Storia completa

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