Bug#161420: Ports/Architectures on Releases page
Tag: Patch
* Josip Rodin <joy@gkvk.hr> [020919 03:11]:
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 03:37:52PM -0700, Grant Bowman wrote:
> > Package: www.debian.org
> >
> > The supported architectures should be explicitly listed on this page.
> >
> > http://www.debian.org/releases/
> >
> > Not even the woody press release gives all 11. The press release
> > mentions only the new ones: ia64, hppa, mips, mipsel, s390.
>
> Hmm. They're listed on release notes and installation manual web pages, but
> I agree that that is not too good for exposure...
People not familiar with the project do need it spelled out for them to
gain context to the scale of Debian's efforts and accomplishments. The
key words of the actual directory names are also very useful in many
different contexts, not the least of which is the FTP archive and HTTP
if you hack debian URLs when looking for info as I suspect others do as
well.
> How about we simply add back the list in /releases/woody/ (etc)?
How about the following patch? I hope this will reduce the need for
updating and maximize the context for users that is essential.
--
-- Grant Bowman <grantbow@grantbow.com>
Index: english/releases/index.wml
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/releases/index.wml,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -c -r1.25 index.wml
*** english/releases/index.wml 31 Aug 2002 21:45:04 -0000 1.25
--- english/releases/index.wml 19 Sep 2002 17:25:53 -0000
***************
*** 15,21 ****
<p>
The current ``stable'' distribution of Debian GNU/Linux is version
<current_release>, codenamed <em><current_release_name></em>. It was
! released on <current_release_date>.
</dd>
<dt><a href="testing/">testing</a></dt>
--- 15,22 ----
<p>
The current ``stable'' distribution of Debian GNU/Linux is version
<current_release>, codenamed <em><current_release_name></em>. It was
! released on <current_release_date> on the <current_release_ports>
! platforms.
</dd>
<dt><a href="testing/">testing</a></dt>
***************
*** 36,42 ****
<dt>unstable</dt>
<dd>The ``unstable'' distribution is where active development of Debian
occurs. Generally, this distribution is run by developers and those
! who like to live on the edge.
<p>
The ``unstable'' distribution is called <em>sid</em>.
</dd>
--- 37,44 ----
<dt>unstable</dt>
<dd>The ``unstable'' distribution is where active development of Debian
occurs. Generally, this distribution is run by developers and those
! who like to live on the edge. It includes the unreleased
! <unreleased-ports> platforms.
<p>
The ``unstable'' distribution is called <em>sid</em>.
</dd>
Index: english/releases/info
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RCS file: /cvs/webwml/webwml/english/releases/info,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -c -r1.15 info
*** english/releases/info 20 Jul 2002 04:04:24 -0000 1.15
--- english/releases/info 19 Sep 2002 17:25:53 -0000
***************
*** 4,16 ****
--- 4,21 ----
<define-tag current_release><current_release_woody></define-tag>
<define-tag current_release_potato>2.2r7</define-tag>
+ <define-tag current_release_ports_potato>i386, powerpc, alpha, ARM, m69k and sparc</define-tag>
<define-tag current_release_woody>3.0r0</define-tag>
+ <define-tag current_release_ports_woody>i386, powerpc, alpha, ARM, m68k, sparc, ia64, hppa, mips, mipsel and s390</define-tag>
<define-tag current_release_short><: $f = "<current_release>"; $f =~ s/r\d+$//; print $f :></define-tag>
<define-tag current_release_date><current_release_date_woody></define-tag>
+ <define-tag current_release_ports><current_release_ports_woody></define-tag>
<define-tag current_release_date_potato><:=spokendate('2002-07-13'):></define-tag>
<define-tag current_release_date_woody><:=spokendate('2002-07-19'):></define-tag>
<define-tag packages_in_stable>8710</define-tag>
<define-tag current_testing_name>sarge</define-tag>
+
+ <define-tag unrelease_ports>sparc64, sh, hurd-i386, netbsd-i386, netbsd-alpha and freebsd-i386</define-tag>
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