[Discuss] Debian 12 vs. WSL 1

[daniel at syntheticblue.com (Daniel M Gessel)]

On 2023-06-22 15:00, Derek Martin wrote:
> "Change is expensive."
In the short term, always, but over the long term, it (can) result in 
savings.

Limiting the concern to "core components" which already deal with 
variations in distros/Unices, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" applies 
and pretty much any change (genuine fixes aside) looks like a waste of 
time and effort for everybody.

If you look at the ecosystem as evolving, new software continuously 
written by new developers (and old software being retired along with its 
developers), each of whom have to learn to deal with any 
incompatibilities, inconsistencies or arbitrariness, certainly there is 
a case for long term cost saving for any simplification, albeit possibly 
effectively infinitesimal.

Knowing if the savings of a change will outweigh the cost is pretty 
tricky indeed; in the end, I'd guess mostly people follow their 
instincts or just focus on expectations for a group they care about 
(their "community" - even if it's a community of 1).

With that in mind, is the burden mostly on WSL users having issues 
upgrading to Debian 12? I can see that cost being discounted by hardcore 
*nix devotees...

Dan