Bug#629527: apt: should warn (or emit an error) if symbolic and code-names mixed in sources.list
On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 13:46, Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> wrote:
> For most users, most of the time, mixing symbolic (stable, unstable) and
> code-names (lenny, squeeze) in sources.list is a mistake, and will lead
> to trouble.
In which way? You are talking about pain, but not which one…
Beside that it will be hard to detect it will generate a lot of "false
positives" in a way that many third-party repositories doesn't provide
codenames/symlinks - while the debian-installer default is to use codenames.
So you are setting up for trouble as these user will be frightened by
a strange error-message as soon as they add such a repo…
(which from a supporter point of view isn't the worst thing through…)
Not to forget that 'stable', 'testing' and alike as suite names aren't really
limited to be used by debian or even in a debian compatible way.
I wouldn't bash an upstream for providing a 'testing' suite in which
daily-autobuilds of his trunk are available.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
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