Debian has only recently settled on a 2 year feature freeze cycle. In the past, Debian has suffered from releases being pushed back due to constant feature creep in the name of stability -- that's much of the reason why Ubuntu was forked from Debian in 2004.
So the jokes may be dated in 2010, but there's a reason they came about in the first place.
So the jokes may be dated in 2010, but there's a reason they came about in the first place.