Thank you for your answers. Some misunderstood my idea, I don't want to remove version numbers from packages.
Bernd: >How do u call slink? "Old Stable"? :) Yes, "old_stable" or "past" Bernd: >No i think it is not a bad idea to have a version number. The only question >is if the Version number should cover the whole distribution (including >contrib, non-free, non-US,...) or only the base section (like with FreeBSD). Yes, that what I had in mind, too. I would apply 2.2 only to the base section and the other packages should keep their version numbers. Vincent: >New packages would not be allowed into stable until x days had passed in >unstable status without a Release Critical Bug. What about a doing things like this on a feedback basis? After a package was installed on your computer successfully, you get asked if you want to send a sucess-feedback. After N positiv feedbacks the package gets stable. Vincent: >Finally the idea I like the best is no numbers, only named updates I think you still need to distinguish between foo_pack1.2-stable1 foo_pack1.2-stable2 Eric: >Better yet, don't put packages into stable until we release. "Stable" >has a fairly well-defined meaning; I don't see much benefit from changing >it. I am new to debian-dev, why not release stable packages daily? Why in a single step? Colins: >Those who do not understand ajt's "testing" distribution are doomed to >reinvent it, poorly. :) OK, I will RTFM, I hope there is some. Wichert: >Also, having versioned released is something that CD vendors want to >have. If we only had an ever changing semi-stable they could only sell >snapshots, which means they can't produce a large number of CDs, costs >will go up and they will switch to selling CDs of other distributions >instead. That's true. One solution would be to give the boot-floppies and related things the version number 2.2. The rest could be floating. BTW, I even think the CD-Vendors would sell more CDs with a floating system. I ordered Debian 2.2 in january, now it's nearly september. If I would have got them at once, I would maybe buy my next CDs now (don't like downloading netscape with a modem connection). -- Thomas Guettler Office: <guettli_NoSpam_interface-business.de> www.interface-business.de Private:<guettli_NoSpam_gmx.de> http://yi.org/guettli (Replace _NoSpam_ with @)