Re: Updating scanners and filters in Debian stable (3.1)
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 11:17:03AM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> >
> > Right. Use the security archive, we already have this feature. No
> > need to re-invent the wheel.
>
> Except that it's our policy to not make functionality changes in point
> releases. Using a separate "volatile" section allows us to offer that
> same level of stability [*] to our users. If they don't want to install
> packages that may change during the course of a stable release, then
> it's trivial to leave them out.
Indeed, we need currently to not release those packages and nothing else.
A stable infrastructure for volatile can be created after that within
a few months.
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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