Stretch Installation
Hey, guys and gals. I have been a Debian user since about 7.6 or so,
and currently am running jessie (8.6), and am satisfied with Debian and
the Debian philosophy. The only quibble I have had is with the slow
schedule for getting newly updated/released software into the
distribution. I understand the reasoning, and for the most part have
been content with waiting.
So, I decided to try an installation of Stretch to get a little ahead of
the curve. I had/have several problems with that installation, so much
so that the installation is basically minimally or unusable. This is not
a big surprise, which is why I installed Stretch on a separate
partition, retaining my Jessie installation completely intact.
The first of the problems with the Stretch installation rendered it
unbootable, though I had a fair idea as to what that problem was and was
able to get the system to the point where it will boot and allow
logins. What I would like to do is get in touch (probably off-list)
with the various people working on Stretch and help work on solving the
issues I have and am experiencing. This, of course, will involve filing
bug reports, but I want to make sure that those reports are filed on the
appropriate packages and with sufficient information to help in tracking
down the problems. I would also be interested in checking/testing any
proposed solutions to those problems. I do not have a lot of time,
unfortunately, to actually do much debugging and/or patch developing,
though I do have the programming skill necessary to do such had I had
the time and familiarity with the packages involved. So, the question
is, who do I need to be in touch with and in what forum to participate
in the development process as outlined above?
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73's
Mike, WB5VQX
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