On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a wrote: > +<sect>The 3.x Releases > +<p>Before the next release was effective package pools were implemented Consider replacing this paragraph with: Before Woody could even begin to be prepared for release, a change to the archive system on ftp-master had to be made. Package pools, which enabled special purpose distributions, such as the new "Testing" distribution used for the first time to get Woody ready for release, were <url id="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2000/debian-devel-announce-200012/msg00004.html"; +name="activated on ftp-master"> in mid December 2000. A package pool is just a collection of different versions of a given package, from which multiple distributions (currently experimental, unstable, testing, and stable) can draw packages, which are then included in that distribution's Packages file. > +<p>In that period, some of the companies that were shipping modified > +versions of Debian closed down, starting with Corel, who sold > +his Linux division in the first quarter of 2001, following it s/his/its/ s/following it/closely followed by/ > +Stormix declared bankrupcy January 17th 2001, and, lastly, Progeny s/declared bankrupcy/declaring bankruptcy on/ > +ceased development of its distribution on October 1st, 2001. > + > + > +<p>The freeze for the next release started on july 1st 2001. However, > +it took the project a little more than a year to get to the next > +release, due to the changes in the architecture (the incoming archive > +and the security architecture) and because of the introduction > +of cryptographic software in the main archive. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the main cause of the initial delay more than just crypto in main? http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2001/debian-devel-announce-200104/msg00004.html seems to indicate that it boot-floppies that was the first cause of delay (followed by crypto-in-main, followed by security architecture.) > In that time, however, > +the stable release (Debian 2.2) was revised up to seven times. And two s/. And/, and/ > +Project Leaders were elected: Ben Collins (in 2001) and Bdale Garbee. > +Also, work in many areas around Debian besides packaging kept growing, Perhaps s/around/of/ ? > +one of these was internationalisation, the web server (over a thousand s/one of these was/including/ s/internationalisation/internationalization/ [Is this an en_us vs en_gb?] Perhaps s/the web server/Debian's web site/ [It's not really a webserver per se.] > +webpages) was translated to over 20 different languages, and installation s/to/into/ > +for the next release was ready in 23 languages. Two internal projects: > +Debian Junior (for children) and Debian Med (for medical practice > +and research) started on that time frame providing the project with s/on that/during the woody release/ > +different focus to make Debian suitable for those tasks. s/focus/foc[i|uses]/ > +(<em>Sid</em>, the evil and "unstable" kid next door who should > +never be let out into the world is the permanent name for the unstable > +distribution perhaps add Sid=Still in development > ). The <em>testing</em> release is intended to > +become the next stable release and is code-named <em>Sarge</em>. Hopefully that helps out a bit. Don Armstrong -- Always try to do things in chronological order. It's less confusing that way. http://www.donarmstrong.com http://www.anylevel.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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