RE: Woody / Stable
| > The problem with "It will be released when it's ready" is that it can
| > be interpreted as meaning "It'll be released whenever we get around to
| > finishing it." It sends a completely different message than "It'll be
| > released when x, y, and z are done and working."
|
| I agree with that, what makes the people more nervous is the fact that
| there isn't a clear target milestone, nobody (outside) knows what is
| debian wainting for to be ready. IMO, debian could publish a Target
| Milestone Page with the state of them.
<soap box>
I may be out of line, but I think a point needs to be made. The first
article in the Debian Weekly News for May 15th has Woody in Freeze. From
what I have gathered from lurking on the -devel list is that it's security
infrastructure that's holding it up. Let's think logically for just a
moment.
1. Woody is frozen.
2. It is unlikely that any new packages are going in, assumption based upon
point 1.
3. Security is not in place to handle Woody.
4. A security issue would more than likely be a release critical bug.
5. Security bugs are, in my experience, very quickly remedied.
6. Contrary to point 2, a security/release critical bug fixed package would
make it's way into Woody quickly.
6. We can ignore point 2 by making use of point 7.
My conclusion is that Woody is effectively released already. A large number
of people have been running on Woody for quite some time. It's as stable as
it's going to get. Just do an apt-get dist upgrade and get it over with
already.
</soap box>
Farewell,
Brooks
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