On Sb, 04 iun 11, 10:12:42, Harald Dunkel wrote: > > I would prefer if Debian distinguishes between core and main instead. > This means splitting the current main repository. > > In the new system the main/testing packages should be _guaranteed_ > to work together with the most recent core/stable packages. Of course > they should also work together with core/testing, as they do now. > > Making this scheme work would imply more frequent releases for the core > packages, but I am sure this can be done. I would expect that we would > get <1000 core packages. > > Hopefully its OK if I post my ideas here? Actually this is about release > management, not about development. This is one of those recurrent discussions coming up on debian-devel. It is my impression (as a lurker) that most Debian Developers do not want to have second-class packages and it is a feature that all packages in main get (more or less) the same treatment regarding release and security support. Maybe Ubuntu is a better fit for your needs? Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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