Re: Bug#63015: apt: Default apt sources.list should refer to release name, not stable
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000 wh@blub.net wrote:
> If this isn't fixed, people will into trouble because the stable link
> that pointed to slink, suddenly points to potato on the debian mirrors.
> While doing security or critical updates is usual for people who run the
> stable release, a major system upgrade has to be prepared (notify users,
> schedule downtime, etc).
Sorry, this doesn't work. When potato is released slink goes away, a URL
pointing to it will still have to be updated manually by the user.
It isn't like it isn't hugely evident that stable has changed from slink
to potato. All the user needs to do is point it at the archive site
instead.
Ditto goes for non-us and bug 57146.
Jason
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