Re: New Markets

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> > What we will do when it is time for the release is to tar the unstable
> > directory and extract it into a code-named directory. Then, once the
> > mirrors have a chance to catch up, we will set a debian-1.1 symbolic
> > link to point at the code-named directory.
> 
> Great.  So i can look forward to downloading another copy of the 157mb
> of the same stuff i've already spent a few days downloading.  Too bad if
> I want to use my PPP link for anything else while it's happening.

I think "mv unstable <new-name>" would be a much better solution to try.

> The only way to avoid having all the mirror sites having to waste
> bandwidth downloading stuff they already have is to NOT change the
> directory name.

That's what the code-name idea is for.

                                        Brian
                               ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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