Re: I'd like to coordinate a major update of stable
You know Redhat does have an update page on their FTP site for upgraded
packages to their current release. I don't know if they burn new CD's
between releases and just ship the most current stuff or expect
everyone to check their website for updates. No reason that Debian
can't do the same. That way you don't have a complete new sub release,
just a set of upgraded packages that work with the current stable
release located in a separate directory on the site.
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From:
David Bristel <targon@targonia.com>
I believe that the idea is that slink can be updated with new packages
that have
been TESTED by users for several months. By including these in an
update
release, it makes Debian look more up-to-date. I remember hearing
complaints
after the release of slink because 3.3.2 was the version of xfree86 and
3.3.3
was available. The maintainers of XFree86 had a new .deb of 3.3.3
READY and
tested on slink within a month(it's been a while, but it was probably
faster
than that). Because we had no update plans, it was and still is
unreleased
officially for our stable release. The solution is that tested
packages that
have been created by the maintainers and have been tested SHOULD be
able to make
it into stable, even after release. It doesn't need to be a full
"tree", it's
just another update, call it Debian 2.1R3 instead of 2.1r3 since it's
more than
just a patch, but less than a full release.
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