Re: Debian v2.1 ("Slink") Deep Freeze

[Brandon Mitchell <bhmit1@mail.wm.edu>]

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Santiago Vila wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Brandon Mitchell wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > 
> > > Branden has a release candidate for X ready somewhere, and I urge
> > > everyone to test that!
> > 
> > The site is:
> > http://master.debian.org/~branden/xfree86/
> 
> Mmm, what about the needed compatibility packages?
> Will you have some time for this?
> 
> I think it is absolutely essential for the success of Debian 2.1 that
> nobody will automagically lose functionality in the upgrade process.

Done in experimental changes file:
   * xbase is now a pseudo-package used to smooth upgrades from hamm or
     earlier systems
   * what was the new xbase is now xfree86-common

HTH,
Brandon

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