Bug#97564: apt: could support release codenames in addition to stable/... aliases

[Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.3
Severity: wishlist

Many people prefer to use the codenamùes than the "stability status",
eg. to be sure not to get bitten by "stable" changing meaning at
release time.

Hence the usefulness of allowing "apt-get fakeroot/potato" and such.
This will probably need to add a field to the Release files in the
archive.

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux bylbo 2.2.18+reiserfs #1 Sun Mar 18 20:32:55 CET 2001 i586
Locale: LANG=français, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.2.3-1           GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.010506 The GNU stdc++ library