On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 09:43:59AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > >>"Joey" == Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes: > Joey> The idea is to update more than just the usual security > Joey> updates, but avoid any new code that hasn't been tested for 2 > Joey> to 4 months already. So this release would include X 3.3.3, > Joey> kernel 2.2.x (where x is probably 7 with security patches), > Joey> security updates, possibly updated pcmcia drivers, and possibly > Joey> more (the idea of an updated apt has been bandied about). > Whatever happened to the idea of having pools of package > (presented by aj)? [...] > It was a nice proposal, andI probably have it archived > somewhere. http://www.debian.org/~ajt/ and grep for "Reorganisation". Actually, speaking of which, is anyone interested in a reproposal of the "extra files" issue? That is, giving dpkg some way of knowing what package "owns" things like /etc/passwd, or /usr/lib/python1.5/uu.pyc, that aren't included in the .deb, but are actually created and managed by some particular .deb or other? The original proposal is on the above page. > Seems liek a better thing to discuss and implement than ad hoc > re-releases of stable. (;-) Slightly harder though... Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. PGP encrypted mail preferred. ``The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs.'' -- Linus Torvalds
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