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Re: Two Debian Release Cycle Issues



also sprach Abdul Latip <dullatip@angin.com> [2003.03.14.0324 +0100]:
> * The Essential Packages Issue
> 
> I guess that there are a few essential/ very important packages.
> (100?) compared with the whole set of Debian packages (10000?).
> However, the amount of packages (100 or 10000) has very little
> relation to the Debian release cycle.

yes, i would call this correct. it is actually about RC bugs,
so-called release-critical bugs. If there is one of those, then the
frozen testing release is not ready for rollout.

> Each additional architecture support will significantly increase
> the Debian release cycle, including security update, as well as
> moving from "unstable" to "testing".

sure.

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