Re: New version (yeah!)
On 23 Nov 1998, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> >>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
>
> Jason> Okay. It's done, it works, it fixes 20 bugs :> The only
> Jason> limitations from the 0.1.x series is that it does not
> Jason> support HTTP pipelining (http is much slower) or FTP.
>
> Jason> The only problem is that the man pages are out of date (esp
> Jason> apt-cache) and the config file is not documented. I have
> Jason> updated the users guide already and made some -minor-
> Jason> tweaks to the man pages.
>
> Jason> So, we need packaging and a quiet release into
> Jason> experimental. It is to be called 0.3.0.
>
> Should I change the source package name to be apt3 so as to not
> conflict with the one in the main archives? Or can things be uploaded
> into experimental without overriding the main ones?
It's fine having the same name, we have gcc 2.8 in experimental for
instance.
> Jason> I'm going to work on the CDROM method now and Adam is still
> Jason> working on the FTP method. I expect to have working CDROM
> Jason> support by the end of the week, so please hurry with the
> Jason> Docs + Packaging, it would be nice to have a stable release
> Jason> available for slinks release.
>
> How about the HTTP method? If it's slow, that's not so great :)
It's slow but not horrificly slow.
> Will your CDROM method support multiple CDs?
That's the plan.
Jason
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