Re: Sources for apt-get sources.list
High,
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, John Purser wrote:
> I'm running Woody and I'm confused about what sources to list for apt-get.
> When I look at the ftp sites I see directories for Potato and Stable. I
> thought Potato was Stable. Also I see Woody as well as Unstable AND
> Testing. I'm not sure what status Woody is in just now.
>
> Questions:
> Am I seeing generic names (Stable) as well as distribution names (Potato)
> and getting them confused? Or is there a difference between them?
Yes. No.
Potato is stable, Woody is testing and Sid is unstable (and will always
be). These are just symlinks.
>
> I'm running Woody for a project I'm involved with. Should I be updating my
> system from Stable, Unstable, Testing, or Woody if I'm fairly new to Linux
> and not interested (or competent) to assist in bug hunting.
>
Woody is testing and pretty stable, but still updated daily. Stick to
woody for now then.
Greetz,
Sebastiaan
> Thanks,
>
> John Purser
>
>
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