Re: ftp dir request
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> I know that there's not enough space to hold a complete copy of all the
> old distributions. But what if we had, for example, a slink-updates dir
> that contained any packages that changed since the release of slink. The
> idea is that if someone has a slink cd, they can still get the
> security/bugfixes after potato is released. I wouldn't think that this
> would take too much space, right? (This is similar to the
> proposed-updates directory, but packages wouldn't be removed once
> they're integrated into a interim release.)
>
When an old dist needs updates, there is an updates dir for it. If the dist
is updated (rN > 1), you just point dselect/apt at it and whamo, new packages.
What are we not doing that you would like?
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