On Tuesday 04 April 2006 07:55, Rony wrote: > Hi Debian users, > > I have question regarding the Debian release cycle. The packages from > unstable stay for few days before moving to testing. Can someone > enlighten me, what do the packages do in the testing? Debian release > circle can be 1-2 years. Do the packages need to stay for such long > time in the testing? Yes. That's why stable is called "stable" and not "drive your IT guy nuts with a constant stream of updates of minor importance, mutual incompatability, and random breakage on upgrade." If you want Fedora/Mandrake/RedHat/etc, you know where to get it. :o) > For example, if package A version 1.0 enters unstable. Ten days later, > it moves to testing. Six months later, package A release version 1.1. > which goes directly to unstable. Ten more days later, it moves to > testing. What happened to the previous version 1.0 in testing? If every > packages in testing experience this, when can the distro be released? About once when everything works together to the release manager's satisfaction. > Why not just put 6 months - 1 year release plan. Just some time before > the release just fix everything in the testing and release the distro? If you really need someone to answer this for you, go ask Red Hat what happens you release a new version with an experimental compiler and sub-par testing (RH6x anyone?). -- Paul Johnson Email and IM (XMPP & Google Talk): baloo@ursine.ca Jabber: Because it's time to move forward http://ursine.ca/Ursine:Jabber
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