>> Le 30/06/2017 à 23:30, Vincent Bentley a écrit :
>>> Along time ago, well designed and well behaved software could be
>>> recognised by the number of years passed without changes. I worked at
>>> one place that was proud of release version birthdays.  
>>      Agreed. That's why I'm always bothered with the fast release pace 
>> of some essential pieces of software, with the fastest being the GCC and 
>> the Linux kernel.
>   Well, this is understandable: both the compiler and the kernel must keep
> up with the frantic rollout of new hardware from many vendors.  You don't
> have to upgrade if you don't need support for the laters pieces of silicon
> the industry has churned out the past month.  What matters is that older
> releases are still maintained and that they work, of course.  From time to
> time support for a new protocol/filesystem is merged, too.