Re: broken links related to etchnhalf release

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 01:57:46PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 July 2008, Simon Paillard wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 12:39:52PM +1000, Vincent McIntyre wrote:
> > > 1. Page http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/etchnhalf
> > > has this link
> > >   http://packages.debian.org/etch/firmware-nonfree
> > > that gives a "No such package" error.
> >
> > Frans, did you mean "perform the search of packages in section non-free
> > that contains firmware in their name" ?
> > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=firmware&searchon=names&suit
> >e=stable&section=non-free
> 
> Dann, that's more your area.

fixed, thanks for bringing this to my attention

> > >  release notes
> > >  http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes
> > >  (not http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/etchnhalf)
> > >
> > >  installation guide
> > >  http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual
> > >  (not 
> > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/debian-installer/etchnhalf)
> >
> > Frans, can you confirm ?
> 
> AFAICT the current links are correct.
> I cannot find where a link to the installation guide points to 
> stable/debian-installer/etchnhalf. It points to the Lenny version of the 
> installation guide which is correct.
> 
> > > 3. Why is the 'etchnhalf' codename used in these pages instead of
> > > 4.0r4? Is there a reason not to have
> > >   http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/4.0r4
> > > resolve to the "right place" ?
> >
> > I cannot remember such urls, where do they appear ?
> 
> etchnhalf is not the same as 4.0r4.
> 
> Cheers,
> FJP
> 
> P.S. Dann: any reason the erratum about loop-aes wasn't added?

Yes, because it is being/has been resolved in 4.0r4a.


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dann frazier