Michael D Schleif <mds@helices.org> writes: > * Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> [2004:03:18:20:05:40-0800] scribed: > <snip /> > >> Not particularly. I've never downgraded libc successfully on a >> machine across major version changes without having to reinstall. >> Your best bet if you don't want to reinstall is watch closely after >> sarge goes stable for a new unstable fork off to testing, and move >> when they fork. > > How, exactly, does one go about ``watch closely ... for a new unstable > fork off to testing'' ??? I've seen reference to this, but I do not > know how one can know when that situation obtains. After sarge goes stable, a couple months after that a new testing branch will fork off of unstable. > <snip /> >> Sometime before Dec 31, 2003 if people get moving on it was the last I >> heard. > <snip /> > > 2003? The last time people were trying to put a date on the release said Dec 31, 2003. -- Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca> Linux. You can find a worse OS, but it costs more.
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