Re: Second official Test Cycle for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 scheduled (fwd)
Per the reply comment to post to the debian-devel list. Please see my
request below.
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> From joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE Tue May 23 22:54:12 2000
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 07:54:32 +0200
> From: Martin Schulze <joey@finlandia.Infodrom.North.DE>
> To: "Dr. Yasha Karant" <ykarant@csci.csusb.edu>
> Subject: Re: Second official Test Cycle for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 scheduled
> Message-ID: <20000524075432.N41@finlandia.infodrom.north.de>
> Reply-To: Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
> References: <20000523193034.Q41@finlandia.infodrom.north.de> <E12uIsw-0000T1-00@markab.csci.csusb.edu>
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> Dr. Yasha Karant wrote:
> > Mr. Schulze,
> >
> > One request, please -- I have made this request before but the Debian
> > folks just seem not to listen.
> >
> > Many "commercial" linux distributions (e.g., Red Hat) come with the sound
> > support built-in. I (and others) have had problem building the sound system
> > from scratch. What I have had to do is to go to the archives of another
> > distribution (for the same actual linux kernel as the one Debian installed
> > on my platform, e.g., 2.0.36), find the actual sound driver binary modules,
> > ftp these to my workstation, and then load these into the running kernel.
> > I do not mind using loadable binary driver modules -- I mind not having
> > sound support.
> >
> > I am writing this because the new production release of Debian may require
> > me to go on an Easter egg hunt to find the modules I need.
> >
> > Please, please, ask the Debian folks to provide the same binary module list
> > that Red Hat does, even if it means going to Red Hat to get the "binaries" to
> > repackage as a .deb .
>
> Please don't ask me but ask on debian-devel@lists.debian.org or ask
> the appropriate maintainers.
>
> Regards,
>
> Joey
>
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Yasha Karant
> > ykarant@csci.csusb.edu
> >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > The Debian Project press@debian.org
> > > http://www.debian.org/ Martin Schulze
> > > May 23, 2000
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > The next step to release `potato' alias Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 will be
> > > taken soon. On Wednesday, May 24th, the first official Test Cycle[1]
> > > ends. During the next days after the end packages scheduled for
> > > installation will be installed and packages with release critical bugs
> > > will be purged.
> > >
> > > Special attention has to be taken for packages whose bugs don't appear
> > > in `potato' but only in `woody'. This is also a request for
> > > developers to review the list of release critical bugs[2] and mark
> > > them properly. The `woody' distribution is the successor of `potato'
> > > and currently tagged `unstable'. It is already being actively
> > > developed.
> > >
> > > "The first test cycle flushed out some coordination problems", says
> > > Richard Braakman, current Release-Manager for the Debian Project. "We
> > > hope that the next cycle will be a more thorough test of the
> > > distribution itself."
> > >
> > > On Monday, May 29th, the next test cycle will start. During the next
> > > days after Monday boot-floppies and cd images will stabilize and
> > > demonstrate the high quality of the distribution.
> > >
> > > >> About Debian
> > >
> > > The Debian project is an organization of many users who volunteer
> > > their time and effort. Its tasks include maintaining and updating Debian
> > > GNU/Linux which is a free distribution of the GNU/Linux operating system,
> > > and the development of the Debian GNU/Hurd operating system.
> > >
> > > >> Contact Information
> > >
> > > For further information, please send email to the Debian Press Team
> > > <press@debian.org> or visit the Debian homepage at <http://www.debian.org/>
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-announce-00/msg00005.html
> > >
> > > [2] List of release critical bugs http://master.debian.org/~wakkerma/bugs/
> > >
> > >
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