Re: Updating scanners and filters in Debian stable (3.1)
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 12:18:18PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> 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.
>
Absolutely agree. I'd add there requent changing package AND beta releases
which are subject to frequent changes (e.g. mozilla subprojects and so on).
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Francesco P. Lovergine
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