Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...
- To: "Seth M. Landsman" <seth@job.cs.brandeis.edu>, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@pasteur.fr>, Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>, Edward Betts <edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...
- From: Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 08:20:12 +1100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19990318082012.A17741@rising.com.au>
- Mail-followup-to: "Seth M. Landsman" <seth@job.cs.brandeis.edu>, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@pasteur.fr>, Robert Woodcock <rcw@debian.org>, Edward Betts <edward@hairnet.demon.co.uk>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 19990317141904.R7376@job.cs.brandeis.edu>; from Seth M. Landsman on Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:19:05PM -0500
- References: <[🔎] 19990314165705.A802@frantica.rcw.oz.net> <[🔎] 199903171016.LAA21231@ezili.sis.pasteur.fr> <[🔎] 19990317123043.A6074@stephenc.wf.net> <[🔎] 19990317141904.R7376@job.cs.brandeis.edu>
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:19:05PM -0500, Seth M. Landsman wrote:
> If debian unstable isn't tested on machines used for real work,
> debian is going to end up a toy distribution which is only suitable for
> work on systems which aren't appropriate for real work.
>
> Think about it.
Seth, there must be some area where uploads like glibc2.1 can go --
those are necessary upgrades and they need to be uploaded somewhere.
unstable is what we have for that. You have to expect that things will
break in there -- if they haven't in the past, then that's by luck
rather than design.
Hamish
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