Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:
On Thu, Apr 20, 2006 at 08:53:07AM +0100, Brian Teeman wrote:I'm sure I say this everytime there is a new release but why oh why cant you, steve, gets a heads up about the release so that you have the chance to build the iso and jigdo BEFORE the announcement.Because the CDs can't be built until the release is final. And if the release is final, it's showing up on the mirrors. And if it's showing up on the mirrors, people will be wondering where the announcement is, if it takes a few days.
Why does it have to show up on the mirrors when it is final?
Since CDs and DVDs do not matter for upgrading, and for new installs it's really not a problem to just install r1 first and then upgrade those few packages that were updated, especially if this period takes only a few days... I totally fail to see the problem here.
Put a newbie hat on. You read that Debian rX is released but all you can find to download or buy is Debian rX-1.
Put a dialup user hat on. Do you really want to buy a set of Debian rX and then download the update.
As for there only being a few packages updated there were 2 cds worth from r0 to r1
-> r2 (or whatever point release upgrade) is so increadibly easy anyway... To answer the original question, Steve knew about the upcoming release, like any DD could have known, but that doesn't magically make it possible to master and test the new installation media in time for the announcement.
It would do if the announcement was not made until the iso and jigdo were made. Just as it is possible for every other distro to update mirrors globaly without public access until the release announcement is made.
Briab