Re: How branches and names work
On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 07:52:22PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2002 at 06:09:03PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> > Do I change the "sid" to "testing"? Will everything in unstable
> > now be moved to testing (doesn't sound correct) or will there
> > just not be a testing for some amount of time?
History:
Past >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>NOW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Introduction of testing
|
v
unreleased (sid)-----\
>-------------------------- unstable (sid)
unstable (woody)-----/ | | | (package | |
^ | | | by | |
GAP | | | package) | |
v v v v v v
testing (woody)/-----------------<-------- testing (sarge)
stable (potato)---\--------------------\ \------- stable (woody)
\-(slink off to \-- (potato off to
the archive) the archive)
See GAP and meaning change for woody !
> If previous patterns hold out, there won't be a new testing for a while.
No as Colin said.
> If you always want to run the same version of a particular branch, name
> the branch, i.e. stable, frozen, testing, unstable
>
> If you always want to run the same release, name the release, i.e.,
> hamm, potato, woody, sid...
slink potato woody sarge ...
> One caveat: sid is *always* unstable now. I see this as minor
> breakage, you can't update to sid and follow it sunrise to sunset like
> you could with all distros woody and prior.
???
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