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Re: Bug#706989: Please add support for Ubuntu saucy



One begins to wonder if "upstream" and "downstream" mean anything any
more.

Best,

RL

> On Mon, May 06, 2013 at 10:52:30AM -0600, Adam Conrad wrote:
>> Package: debootstrap
>> Version: 1.0.49
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Subject says it all, really.  Please add support for saucy, by
>> adding
>> it as a symlink to gutsy, like previous Ubuntu releases.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> ... Adam
>
> Please don't do it that way.
>
> That most (all?) release are links to the same config shows that there
> isn't a need for individual configs for each codename. Instead any
> Ubuntu release that doesn't have a specific config should fall back to
> a default ubuntu config.
>
> Similary any Debian release should have a fallback to a default Debian
> config.
>
> That way debootstrap wouldn't need an update every time a new codename
> is added and wouldn't need backports jsut to add a single link.
>
> MfG
> 	Goswin
>
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