On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 03:12:21AM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Fri, May 26, 2000 at 02:34:27AM -0400, Mike Bilow wrote:
> > I think the absolute first step is to announce some kind of long term
> > plan.
http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/
> > I would support trying anything: package pools, shorter release cycles,
> > whatever there is a consensus behind.
http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/
> > I think shorter release cycles
> > would be easier to try, frankly, than package pools.
http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/
> My concept of a package pool was pretty simple.. A stable release just as
> we have now, a release-candidate much like frozen is now, and an unstable
> pool. As packages (rather than distributions) become stable, they're
> marked for addition to the release-candidate tree. when their
> dependencies are satisfied (which is the issue - dinstall currently cannot
> do this and so doing is not a trivial modification), the package can be
> moved into the pre-release group.
http://auric.debian.org/~ajt/ (just to be different)
> This allows for the three kinds of users Debian has:
> 2. those wanting new software, able to handle minor fuckups (pre-release)
deb http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/ testing main
> Extending apt and other tools this way would be nifty, but it'd be one
> hell of a job for whomever was writing it. (It'd be damned cool when
> finished though!) Still, even leaving all of this out of the picture, the
> mods to dinstall that are required aren't likely to happen.
http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/
> > Look, I don't think the fundamental problem with the release cycles is
> > technical; rather, I think it is that no one is told the plan. If people
> > are given a general idea of what to expect over the course of about six
> > months, then they can deal with this.
http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-devel-9903/msg00343.html
(again, for some variety)
> As soon as freeze finally happens, new bug reports are pouring in
> literally by the hundreds
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/64/64437.html
(the reader will need to work out some implications for emself)
> Do you really think it will be different this time?
http://ftp-master.debian.org/~ajt/
> (not that anyone listens to me anyway, but still..)
Cheers,
aj, resorting to cheap rhetorical tricks
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