RE: 3 questions
Thanks a lot Scott. Now it's much clearer.
Dennis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Ellis [SMTP:storm@gate.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 1:36 PM
> To: Dennis Dai
> Cc: Debian User list
> Subject: Re: 3 questions
>
> On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Dennis Dai wrote:
>
> > 1. What's the difference between hamm (frozen) and slink?
>
> Slink will eventually become Debian 2.1. It contains those packages
> which
> either aren't ready for prime time yet, or which contain additional
> features past the freeze date of Debian 2.0.
>
> > 2. Where is the xload package in hamm (frozen)? Several weeks before
> I
> > could find it but when I selected, it gave me some kind of
> dependency
> > error. And I can't even find it in my newly updated package list (in
> > dselect).
>
> xload is now included in the xcontrib package (moved out of xproc).
>
> > 3. I've read discussions about Stampede Linux on Slashdot the other
> day,
> > and somebody metioned about apt in debian. I can't find it in hamm
> > (frozen) which is within my expectation. I know it won't be out
> until
> > 2.1, but since somebody already used it, so I think it must be
> > somewhere...
>
> Apt is Debian's next-generation frontend to dpkg. While the GUI
> version
> of it isn't yet working, the command-line interface and the dselect
> method
> are both reasonably polished. Many people feel that using apt as a
> method
> for dselect is far superior to the other options. You should be able
> to
> find the latest apt package compiled for hamm in the
> project/experimental
> directory of your favorite mirror. A version compiled for libc5 (bo)
> should be available at http://www.debian.org/~jgg/
>
> --
> Scott K. Ellis <storm@gate.net>
> http://www.gate.net/~storm/
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