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Re: keeping woody



On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 05:04:16PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> Olav Lavell <olavell@xs4all.nl> writes:
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> > Op di 28-09-2004, om 11:45 schreef Clive Menzies:
> >
> >> On (28/09/04 05:57), hendrik@pooq.com wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> > How do I set it up to make sure I stay with woody and do not
> >> > automatically upgrad to the new stable?
> >
> >> In your /etc/apt/sources.list change references from "stable" to
> >> "woody" and then you will continue to track woody.
> >
> > This needs to be on the front page of www.debian.org,
> > www.debianplanet.org and any other website about Debian! In big letters!
> 
> Why?  It's obvious, well documented (I can recall seeing it on this
> list several times before, so it's in the archives), and easily
> googled.  Just because you refuse to make the effort doesn't mean
> everybody else will.

Many (especially new) Debian users may not even realize there's a choice
to be made.

-- hendrik

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