Re: New Markets
I like this idea. How about this. We have an official release, for the CD
distributers. Then, once a month or so (this could work for PHT's Linux
Monthly - perhaps), we post the list of updates. Then people w/the latest
'official' release just download the new ones if they want.
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On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Stephen Early wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Michael Alan Dorman wrote:
>
> > 2) A formal, numbered release can serve the Debian project as sort of
> > a "checkpoint", where interaction between parts gets tested, new
> > features of the tools that really make up Debian start being
> > considered to be "in production", etc.
>
> I think Bruce wrote about the advantages of numbered releases for
> publicity - we get to make press releases, etc.
>
> How about submitting an article to comp.os.linux.announce each week
> called 'New and updated packages in Debian this week'; that would
> certainly raise visibility, and show that Debian is keeping up with all
> the other distributions in recent software, if not in official releases.
>
> Steve Early
> sde1000@cam.ac.uk
>
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