On Fri, Dec 28, 2007 at 08:20:01AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
I agree with Anthony that it is very much preferable to have a solution
that's just able to automatically determine the correct version.
Okay, so here's a updated version that generates both debian_version and
lsb-release as specced by
Adeodato Simó wrote:
In other words, I plan on uploading a version to sid, block it from
migrating to testing, and uploading another version via t-p-u. Stable
point releases will get updated via s-p-u. That makes it two initial
uploads, and then twice per stable release (t-p-u; release;
* Frans Pop [Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:20:01 +0100]:
As said in my previous mail, I'm willing to take care of that.
For the next 40 years? Can you really guarantee that you will be able to do
this in time and without errors for each and every release and point release?
Thanks for the vouch of
[Anthony Towns]
The main limitation is that it's a nuisance to update -- you can't
differentiate testing and unstable because of that, eg, and when we're due
for a release we end up having testing/unstable pretend they're really
stable already for a while, eg. Updating it more often just
* Anthony Towns [Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:34:49 +1000]:
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:53:25PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
*Personally*, I like the idea of Javier Fern??ndez-Sanguino expressed in
the mail linked above of keeping debian_version as is, and introducing
/etc/lsb-release with detailed
On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 04:21:20PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
* Anthony Towns [Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:34:49 +1000]:
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:53:25PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
*Personally*, I like the idea of Javier Fern??ndez-Sanguino expressed in
the mail linked above of keeping
* Anthony Towns [Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:32:18 +1000]:
On Thu, Dec 27, 2007 at 04:21:20PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
* Anthony Towns [Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:34:49 +1000]:
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:53:25PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
*Personally*, I like the idea of Javier
Hi,
i would like to propose that we change /etc/debian_version with
beginning of lenny to also show which revision of a release is
installed.
Rational: We do regular updates to stable releases (called point
releases) from time to time but you can't tell from installed files
which revision
* Martin Zobel-Helas [Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:33:17 +0100]:
Hi,
Hi.
I personally have nothing against. However, remembering the thread at
[1], I'm not sure what the base-files maintainer will think of that.
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/05/msg01138.html
*Personally*, I like
Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:
Hi,
Hi
i would like to propose that we change /etc/debian_version with
beginning of lenny to also show which revision of a release is
installed.
Ack.
Rational: We do regular updates to stable releases (called point
releases) from time to time but you can't tell
On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:53:25PM +0100, Adeodato Sim?? wrote:
*Personally*, I like the idea of Javier Fern??ndez-Sanguino expressed in
the mail linked above of keeping debian_version as is, and introducing
/etc/lsb-release with detailed information like:
DISTRIB_ID=Debian
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