Re: Testing CD images (was Re: ITP seahorse)
On Wed, 24 May 2000, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 02:15:25PM +0200, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> > Not exactly, but sufficiently close. All testing images are labeled as such
> > (the volume label, .disk/info and the README.{txt,html}). Once it is approved
> > as "official", we'll have to rebuild the images with just those indications
> > changed to "Official". Anything else on those CDs should remain the same.
>
> That way you don't solve the mirroring problem. We will still not have
> official CDs until a few days after the release -- possibly a lot longer,
> since the mirror network will be under heavy strain while everybody
> updates. This was a problem with (at least) the slink release.
That's an important point, and I'm glad you realize it. However, the way you
respond indicates (or at least seems to) that you still think that Debian is
all about FTP, and that we should release whenever FTP is ready. I think this
is no longer the case. IMHO, we should release whenever _CD images_ are ready.
M$ for example also doesn't release anything until every single sales point
has a complete stock of items to sell. Maybe there's something to learn from
that.
And also note that by `once [a CD image] is approved as "official"' I meant
`once we get a message from you saying that we will be releasing with CD
images that have the contents of those of the latest test cycle'. You might
regard this as an "internal release" as opposed to an "external release".
(Hmm.. you might also be thinking that we need a stable->potato symlink to
generate CD images, however (AFAIK) this is not the case.)
Regards,
Anne Bezemer
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