[RFC] Stable release sections of Release Notes
Hi,
I've attached a couple of patches for the Squeeze Release Notes in order
to allow for any comments before I submit them; specifically:
- Add a description of squeeze-updates. I'm not hugely keen on calling
stable-updates a "section", but it's the nomenclature already used in
the preceding discussion of p-u.
- Add a mention of debian-stable-announce to the p-u text.
I considered a further patch to the p-u text to replace
ftp-master.d.o/proposed-updates.html with the more "usual" release.d.o
URL, but I wasn't sure if there was a reason that the ftp-master URL was
used in the first place.
I do wonder whether most of the section on proposed-updates should
simply be removed, possibly just leaving the mention of
debian-stable-announce. The section was included in the Lenny release
notes as "not really new" and most of the content has been carried over
"as is" in to the Squeeze RN.
Regards,
Adam
commit 885758ce18a45c40d5c90365335228aed4f4408c
Author: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Sat Dec 25 15:46:38 2010 +0000
Mention debian-stable-announce list in the proposed-updates sectin
diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk
index cf12596..4a28fc0 100644
--- a/en/whats-new.dbk
+++ b/en/whats-new.dbk
@@ -461,6 +461,11 @@ deb-src &url-debian-mirror-eg;/debian &releasename;-proposed-updates main contri
when looking for packages to upgrade.
</para>
<para>
+ When a new package is made available via <literal>proposed-updates</literal>,
+ this will be announced on the <ulink url="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/";>
+ debian-stable-announce</ulink> mailing list.
+ </para>
+ <para>
This is not strictly a new feature of Debian, but one that has not
been given much exposure before.
</para>
commit 90879d7a85980a4432890403ddbf574f6eeadfde
Author: Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
Date: Sat Dec 25 15:35:52 2010 +0000
Add information about the use of stable-updates
This will contain a subset of packages from proposed-updates which users
may wish to install more quickly (e.g. clamav, tzdata) and replaces the
volatile.debian.org archive starting from the Squeeze release.
diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk
index 6aba84b..cf12596 100644
--- a/en/whats-new.dbk
+++ b/en/whats-new.dbk
@@ -466,6 +466,40 @@ deb-src &url-debian-mirror-eg;/debian &releasename;-proposed-updates main contri
</para>
</section>
+<section id="stable-updates">
+ <title>The stable-updates section</title>
+ <para>
+ Some packages from <literal>proposed-updates</literal> may also be made
+ available via the <literal>&releasename;-updates</literal> mechanism.
+ This path will be used for updates which many users may wish to install
+ on their systems before the next point release is made, such as updates
+ to virus scanners and timezone data. All packages from
+ <literal>&releasename;-updates</literal> will be included in point
+ releases.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note that this replaces the functionality previously provided by the
+ <ulink url="http://volatile.debian.org/";>volatile.debian.org archive</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In order to use packages from <literal>&releasename;-updates</literal>,
+ you can add an entry to your <filename>sources.list</filename>:
+ </para>
+ <programlisting>deb &url-debian-mirror-eg;/debian &releasename;-updates main contrib
+deb-src &url-debian-mirror-eg;/debian &releasename;-updates main contrib</programlisting>
+ <para>
+ The next time you run <command>apt-get update</command>, the
+ system will become aware of the packages in the
+ <literal>&releasename;-updates</literal> section and will consider them
+ when looking for packages to upgrade.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When a new package is made available via <literal>&releasename;-updates</literal>,
+ this will be announced on the <ulink url="http://lists.debian.org/debian-stable-announce/";>
+ debian-stable-announce</ulink> mailing list.
+ </para>
+</section>
+
<section id="backports.debian.org">
<title>backports.org/backports.debian.org</title>
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