bug#44620: Bug#44620: packaging-manual: nitpick on section 4.2.14.
On Sun, Sep 12, 1999 at 06:03:30PM -0700, Joseph Carter wrote:
>
> Of course they like it... They can advertise "Debian 2.1" and even if
> there's a new point release available they can continue selling old
> versions until they run out. And when people order it, they'll get the
> new version or an old version depending on whether they've exhausted their
> stock of the old version...
>
> This is precisely why I believe the update joeyh wants to make to slink
> should NOT be a point release of slink but rather a new version. I'd
> rather not have only some versions of slink which you get on the luck of
> the draw deciding whether or not you can even boot the machine with it.
Well, won't reputable CD dealers tell you what version they actually have?
And won't smart CD dealers burn only enough to fufill that week's expected
demand to save money?
I don't have much feeling on the issue one way or the other, but it seems
that if that is your only objection to the current numbering scheme, it
might not be worth the hassle. :) I would be more impressed if you can send
the URL of a CD dealer that doesn't advertise which version of debian you
would get were you to buy it today.
<Shrug> I don't feel too strongly about it either way.
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