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Re: d-i Manual: removal of references to 'volatile'



Hi,

Brian Potkin <claremont102@gmail.com> wrote:
> Some references:
> 
>    http://www.debian.org/volatile/
>    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=665852
>    http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2011/03/msg00010.html
> 
> So with this patch Section 6.3.5.1 has had "volatile" replaced with
> "release-update(s)".
> 
> An install at default priority didn't automatically add a release
> updates line in /etc/apt/sources.list but I've not altered what the
> Guide presently says. I did, however, add text (just lifted from the
> installer itself) to explain the functions of security and release
> updates.
> 
> I've not touched B.4.9. Apt setup, and probably won't. This has three
> mentions of "volatile".

I have prepared a patch which removed the last mentions of "volatile" from
the installation-guide (partly changing the volatile part into the new
stable-updates).

Probably this should go into 7.0_r1 ?
Comments?


Holger





Index: en/appendix/preseed.xml
===================================================================
--- en/appendix/preseed.xml	(Revision 68637)
+++ en/appendix/preseed.xml	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -1349,9 +1349,8 @@
 #d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
 # Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used.
 # Values shown below are the normal defaults.
-#d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, volatile
+#d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
 #d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
-#d-i apt-setup/volatile_host string volatile.debian.org
 
 # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available
 #d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
Index: en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml
===================================================================
--- en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml	(Revision 68637)
+++ en/using-d-i/modules/apt-setup.xml	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@
 method you are using and possibly using choices made earlier in the
 installation. In most cases the installer will automatically add a security
 mirror and, if you are installing the stable distribution, a mirror for the
-<quote>volatile</quote> update service.
+<quote>stable-updates</quote> service.
 
 </para><para>
 
 If you are installing at a lower priority (e.g. in expert mode), you will
 be able to make more decisions yourself. You can choose whether or not to
-use the security and/or volatile update services, and you can choose to
+use the security and/or stable-updates services, and you can choose to
 add packages from the <quote>contrib</quote> and <quote>non-free</quote>
 sections of the archive.
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
 whether any updated versions of packages included on the CDs or DVDs are
 available from a mirror (either a regular package mirror, or a mirror for
-security or volatile updates).
+security or stable-updates).
 
 </para></listitem>
 </orderedlist>
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 
 Note that the last point means that, even if you choose not to use a network
 mirror, some packages may still be downloaded from the Internet if there is a
-security or volatile update available for them and those services have been
+security or stable-updates update available for them and those services have been
 configured.
 
 </para>



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