Re: Another "testing" vs "unstable" question
On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 04:04 am, David Fokkema wrote:
> that's what the point releases are for. Woody release schedule:
>
> - Debian 3.0, July 19, 2002
> - Debian 3.0r1, December 16, 2002
> - Debian 3.0r2, November 21, 2003
Oh well, that at least tells me what 3.0rn means. That's something,
little though it is.
> And I _think_ the third point release has been put off because of
> sarge.
So ... ??
Look, the issue WAS "testing" vs "unstable". Some people think that not
only the decision but its implementation is a simple matter. It isn't.
My ISP does what many do - set up a multiple mirror site for the use of
its members. Debian is included. I'd like to start up a Debian
"testing" system from an install CD - I gather you can't do this for
the "unstable" branch. In order to do this I really need jigdo - to
just download a complete CD (or CDs) as I can with every other Linux
distro or BSD, is de rigeur.
BTW what is wrong with a clear major/minor dot numeric system, rather
than woody/sarge/sid/potato/whatever=stable/testing/unstable(which is
really quite stable anyway)/something ?
MY ISP's relevant debian directories look like this:
/debian-cd/hurd directory
(four off) GNU-K4-CD1.iso
(four off) hurd-J2-CD1.iso
/debian-cd/images/current/i386/ directory
(seven off) debian-30r2-i386-binary-1.iso
/debian-cd/images/woody/i386/ directory
(seven off) debian-30r2-i386-binary-1.iso
debian-cd/jigdo/current/i386/ directory
does NOT contain jigdo, but files like this:
(seven off) woody-i386-1.jigdo
(seven off) woody-i386-1.template
Whither testing (sarge?)
What does all this mean?
And Monique and others think this is simple???
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Regards,
Brian
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