Re: Slink Readiness?
On Feb 11, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> This message helped change my mind about having the same
> Release-Notes for all architectures. Of the three references to
> (binary|disks|upgrade)-i386, only one could profit by using the ARCH
> substitution.
>
> 1. "read /upgrade-i386/README-upgrade" There is no
> upgrade-[alpha,sparc,m68k].
True enough; BUT these people can't be upgrading from a pre-2.0
distribution so upgrade-ARCH is a non-issue except on i386.
> 2. "There is a beginner's tutorial for dselect in the directory
> debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current" There is no dselect
> tutorial in any other disks-ARCH.
There is nothing in any other disks-ARCH because the stuff hasn't been
installed yet (on m68k, it's built, but hasn't been moved by hand
yet). The dselect tutorial will be in all of the disks-ARCH
eventually.
> 3. To install apt, do, as root:
> dpkg -i <cd_mount_point>/debian/dists/slink/main/binary-i386/admin/apt*.deb
> This would work with the ARCH substituion.
So, I really don't see the need for a separate release notes file for
each architecture, especially when each one is going to be fairly
similar, unless it were integrated into the install guide (or
arch-specific things were handled the same way).
Chris
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