Re: Maintenance and compatibility
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 02:07:55 -0500
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> wrote:
> John Smith wrote:
> > -d-i etch is (rightly) a continuation of d-i sarge, but the
> > udeb's used in the installation are not kept seperatedly on the mirrors.
> > d-i-sarge uses d-i-etch udebs.
>
> That's incorrect. Like any other package in debian, a udeb is kept at
> > -there isn't a process to do maintenance (debug errors) on sarge
> > only udebs.
>
> That's incorrect. If a serious bug is found in any package in stable, it
> > Keep in mind there never was an official d-i-sarge. The one
> > downloadable from March '05 is still marked as rc3.
>
> That's incorrect and is as absurd as claiming that Debian never released
>
>
> > I use the one from JoeyH's images dated 6-6, the release date of sarge.
>
> Which is some random snaphot of when post sarge development was just
>
> > D-i-etch isn't backwards compatible with sarge (ie. not able to
> > install sarge, see 344371).
>
> Correct. If anyone feels like implementing this, we will accept it, just
> as we did when the debian-edu developers made sure that the sarge
> --
> see shy jo
Why do I feel like such a moron some days? ;-) ( Oh well, I did say I
lack a lot of knowledge about d-i)
Thanks for your (much clarifying) answer and pointing out my errors.
Sincerely,
Jan.
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