Re: beta software in debian releases?
On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 04:01:58PM -0800, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> I did an apt-get upgrade the other day on one of my woody boxes and was
> surprised to see that PHP has been upgraded to 4.1.0RC2.
>
> Is it normal behavior to include beta software in testing?
Yes.
> What happens if Woody gets frozen before 4.1.0 is released? Will
> Woody then be stuck with an RC version of PHP at release?
Yes. You have to trust that the Debian maintainer has judged timescales
correctly and that there'll be enough time between now and the freeze to
upgrade to the proper release and/or to iron out any problems.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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