Re: post-release package update policy
>When I read the debian release, I became very excited because I thought
>the following was true: You would have a stable release which could be
>upgraded from x.y to x.y+1 _without_ major upheavals. What I have been
>witnessing on this list is very similar to the way slackware operates.
>Not good!
I think your missing a small point here. Debian makes it extremely easy
to upgrade from "package-x.y" to "package-x.y+1". I do it all the time
and and absolutely in awe of these guys for the wonderful design work they
did to make it possible.
The discussion is about a "release of packages". There is little problem
with staying on the "latest" stream of released packages, but it is
generally felt that periodically a group of latest (or near-latest) packages
be frozen that anybody could install from scratch and be assured of it
working. This release would also become the cd-rom release, etc. From
there, users could upgrade packages constantly from the "latest" directory
or just when a new release is frozen. Again, it's not necessary, but
it would be convienient.
Brian
( bcwhite@bnr.ca )
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