Re: release aliases
Paul Wise left as an exercise for the reader:
> In Debian we have long-term aliases that refer to different releases
> over time. oldstable -> lenny, stable -> squeeze and so on. For the
> derivatives census and possibly for users, it would be helpful if the
> Debian derivatives adopted this. I've added a paragraph to the
> derivatives guidelines suggesting the use of release aliases.
> Are any derivatives not using them? If so, it would be great to hear
> reasons for not using them or blockers for switching to using them?
as a rolling distro, there seems no need for us. indeed, we're about to drop
the 'unstable' moniker, which is the only release we're currently using.
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