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Re: Beta-testing and the glibc 2.1 (Was: Missing ldd? Have libc6 on hold? Get ldso from slink...



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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