Re: The stable/testing/unstable branches not a solution ?
Might I suggest a different approach. Currently a lot of the hold-ups in
debian are caused by desktop oriented packages. I think debian should be
split into two branches like this:
unstable
/ \
/ \
desktop-testing testing
| |
| |
desktop-stable stable
Only server oriented packages would go into testing (server-testing) and
stable, only desktop oriented packages would go into the desktop
repositories. This way debian would have a shorter release cycle,
(debian-desktop project would play a large role in the desktop branch of
course).
Release cycles for debian would be cut, debian-desktop would release on
it's own time and debian(-server) would release on it's own time, but kde,
X, and openoffice would not hold up debian(-server). Divide and
conqueror. If one desire, the two could be mixed with simple edits to a
user's /etc/apt/sources.list file.
Debian is supposed to be the universal operating system but it is
difficult to make releases that will encompass both server and
desktop/workstation systems. The desktop branch of debian would also have
a different front end to d-i by default, and include other desktop
nicities that are hard to justify with debian the way it is now. I think
this is the best way to speed up release cycles with out hasseling the
developers.
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Matthew A. Nicholson
Matt-Land.com
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