Re: Please add etch to the Debian archive page EOM.

[Justin Pitts <jpitts@bplglobal.net>]

There is no top level link to /releases anywhere that I can find. I  
never managed to find it.

I did not consult the FAQ - and it sounds like I should have.

The distrib page gets me to /distrib/ftplist, which has a link to / 
distrib/archive.

At this point in navigating debian.org, I have seen links to  
distribution images for every release, EXCEPT etch, and it is this  
fact which made me fairly frustrated.

By the way, I HAVE located the bits that I need, and have in fact  
finished installing my server.

On Jun 19, 2009, at 4:24 PM, Simon Paillard wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:32:24PM -0400, Justin Pitts wrote:
> > On Jun 19, 2009, at 15:11, Simon Paillard wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 02:39:11PM -0400, Justin Pitts wrote:
> > > > Please add etch to the Debian archive page EOM.
> > >
> > > By Debian archive page, you mean http://debian.org/distrib/archive I
> > > guess ?
> > >
> > > Actually, Debian Etch is still available on the regular mirrors as
> > > "oldstable" distribution.
> > >
> > > It will be added to http://debian.org/distrib/archive only once  
> > > moved
> > > away from regular mirrors to archive.debian.org.
> >
> > Yes, that is the page I intended. I understand now the process you  
> > are
> > following. I was frustrated that finding a download link for etch  
> > took
> > more than a trivial amount of effort. Thanks for your help.
>
> Which path did you try / expect to find the information ?
> (we know that the pah are sometimes complicated)
>
> You can get the info for some places.
>
> http://debian.org/
>    -> "Other releases" http://debian.org/releases/
>        -> http://debian.org/releases/etch
>            -> http://debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/
>
>    -> "Get" http://debian.org/CD/
>        -> http://debian.org/CD/faq/
>            -> http://debian.org/CD/faq/#old
>
> Regards.
>
> --
> Simon Paillard