Re: Unsupported Debian [was: Re: [New maintainer] Working for De
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On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Sarel J. Botha wrote:
> How about a semi-stable dist? All packages are kept to the latest, except of
> course for stuff which will break your system, like glibc and perl upgrades.
> I think this would solve all the problems people have been having with
> outdated packages.
I'd like to second this idea. In most cases is very little extra trouble
for the developer to compile packages for two releases of Debian. Once a
release is stable, there could be an additional APT source for packages
which stay current with upstream, but are compiled for stable. It would
be even better if policy enforced (instead of suggested) a versioning
format for these packages. Something like what's already suggested, e.g.
xserver-svga_3.3.3.1-1slink.deb.
This would be very handy for those of us who run Debian in production
shops, and need things like the latest version of sendmail, but compiled
for stable. It would be nice for home too.
tony@mancill.com | This thorn in my side
http://www.debian.org | Is from the tree I planted.
| (Hetfield)
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