Re: Rex Shadow Passwords

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > Not having them in rex does not mean people can't use them.  They just
> > have to get them from "unstable".
> 
> But "unstable" is "for developers only, not recommended unless you
> really know what you're doing".  Or am I missing something?

"unstable" is poorly named.  Recent discussions have suggested naming
it "unreleased" as the packages in it tend to be very stable.  It's
just that the system as a whole has not be tested as well as the
released/stable tree.


> Very few people will use packages from "unstable", and I need more
> feedback on the shadow packages.  Please...
> 
> > Too many people are stuck at Debian 1.1 and need newer packages.
> 
> Well, they just have to get them from "unstable" (now "frozen") :-).

Nice try, but no.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@verisim.com )
                                             
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