Re: Forking debian-user?
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> > The Debian watchword has been from early on, a system that can be painlessly
> > upgraded. At least twice, this watchword has failed---when a.out moved over
> > to ELF, and when libc5 moved over to libc6. In between these big changes,
> > have been an endless stream of smaller changes.
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> Well, libc5 to libc6 can be fairly painless, although it does require a
> special procedure. However, the procedure is documented in the Mini-HOWTO
> which I post here and on debian-devel from time to time. We've done it
> better than anyone else, is there another distribution you could upgrade
> past a.out without reinstalling? I think we'll have the best libc6
> upgrade procedure too, but since we're the only ones with it public, I
> really can't tell for sure.
>
Strictly speaking, currently upgrading to libc6 means upgrading to
unstable. Nobody ever promised _that_ was going to be painless. How
smooth the upgrade will be can only be properly judged when Debian 2.0
comes out.
Eric Meijer
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