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Re: sources.list file for sarge



On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 09:49:46AM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > 'oldstable' in place of 'sarge', as not all maintain the aliases 
> > name<-->*stable. So if an url fails, check directly with eg lynx(1).
> 
> Most archives and mirrors do support the named release tracks though.

eg debian multimedia (and mirrors) is one of those where 'sarge' disappeared
some months ago.

> automatic attempt to do a major upgrade.  It would be great to be able
> to do an automatic upgrade across major versions.  But so much changes
> that some hand-holding through the process has been required.

yes, and I'd like a feature to apt-get/dselect/aptitude/whatever to set the
limit of acceptable upgrades/deletes at once.


-- 
 paolo
 
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