[M-F-T set appropriately] On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 12:18:32AM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > > On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 01:02:20PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > >> Though Martin 'Joey' Schulze as stable release manager presents lists of > >> packages that are accepted into the next stable point release on a > >> regular basis, they normally are not released "roughly two months after > >> the last update" (which is the official plan). > >> Do you know why this doesn't work as planned? What would you do to > >> make regular point releases possible? > > I think the first thing to note is that irregular point releases aren't > > a big deal -- since they are almost solely security updates that are > > already available via security.debian.org, and TTBOMK there haven't > > been any installer updates to either woody or sarge. > They're not really important as technical upgrade, but they give the > impression that Debian releases something - after our last painful > release cycle, many people have decided not to use Debian because of our > (seemingly) slow development. Stable point releases are a nice touch to > get a bit of trust back. Huh? We had point releases on a more or less regular basis throughout sarge's release cycle. Why would the existence of sarge point releases inspire confidence in our release cycle? Why *should* it inspire confidence? The two processes are almost entirely unconnected. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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