On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 09:56:28AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 06:51:03AM -0700, Kenneth Scharf wrote: > > My god! it's been over a year since slink was released > > and potato is still frozen. Yes, I agree don't > > release it till all the bugs are gone. However may I > > suggest something. After potato is stable, and the > > 2.4 kernel is out (feature)freeze woody at at once > > with the new kernel and start the release process for > > woody. This will allow Debian to play catch up with > > the rest of the (linux) world. > > I disagree. We need several things for woody before release, IMO. Glibc > 2.2, gcc3(maybe even with libstdc++3), binutils 2.10, *and* kernel 2.4. > > If we freeze woody immediately, only thing we get is an unstable kernel > (since everyone knows the kernels don't settle in till a x.x.5 release or > higher). And everyone knows that takes ~3 months, and a debian freeze will last 4 months anyways. > > -- > -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` bcollins@debian.org -- bcollins@openldap.org -- bcollins@linux.com ' > `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Erik Bernhardson journey@jps.net -- It is better to remain silent and be considered a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. -- Mark Twain
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