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Re: Updating scanners and filters in Debian stable (3.1)



On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:13:42PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 02:10:17PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > Maybe we should just relax the stable update policy for such packages,
> > and others which would benefit from regular updates (e.g. drivers).
> 
> People have suggested additional sections in the archive for packages
> like this...  So how 'bout this idea: A new section, possibly entitled
> "volatile".  Packages in this section declare that they may change, but

I would suggest making it a new release, alongside stable, which can store
packages expected to change regularly but always built against stable (and
possibly other "volatile" packages.  Having no idea how the backend archive
actually works, I don't know whether this is practical (especially once you
consider the whole autobuilder mess) but it's certainly a possibility, and
would be a natural compliment to the existing suites.

- Matt

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