Post #3031873
2026-05-15 17:42 UTC
@andrewnez@mastodon.social I don't think that's logically consistent.
If I ask a coworker to "install Debian", they will most likely install the latest release of Debian, because I didn't provide a selector of any kind. If I run "podman pull debian" I will get the latest release of Debian.
So, if "pip install requests" installing the latest stable release means that the registry is unstable, then the same terminology would classify container registries and distributions as "unstable."
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@gordonmessmer@fosstodon.org 2026-05-15 17:49
@andrewnez@mastodon.social Whether we are talking about registries or distributions, a mechanism exists to provide a selector. If you provide a selector, you expect to follow a specific release stream. And if you don't provide a selector, then you will get whatever stream is newest.