On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:01:09 -0800 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:44:47 -0500 > Chris Metzler <cmetzler@speakeasy.net> wrote: >> >> Right now, etch = testing. At some point, etch >> will be released, at which time etch no longer = testing, but >> instead etch = stable. The original poster's statement was >> perfectly fine. > > I should stay out, but... > > seems to me a good way to describe it is: "testing" is developing > towards the next stable release to be called "etch". "Testing" is not > YET "etch" because "etch" isn't done. When "etch" is done, there will > be a brief moment when the stable release of "etch" and "testing" will > be the same thing, right before someone presses enter to make the > change. Except this is incorrect. If the already quoted Debian documentation isn't sufficient for you, then do an experiment, if you're tracking testing: modify your sources.list file. Everywhere you see "testing", change it to "etch". Do an apt-get update. See what breaks. -c P.S. (answer: nothing breaks. it works fine.) -- Chris Metzler cmetzler@speakeasy.snip-me.net (remove "snip-me." to email) "As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I have become civilized." - Chief Luther Standing Bear
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