> > So, instead of looking at Debian as a bunch of interesting packages > running on top of a kernel, I should view each release as a stable set > of packages that all are known to work together. And that to get a > release (such as Woody) ready for release this involves: > > * Release/Install processes, packages, and procedures are updated > and stabilized. > > * New target kernel features are determined and stabilized > > * Packages are stabilized against the new target kernel feature > set. > > * Bugs and incompatibilities resulting from packages working > together are identified and fixed. > > Is this a good way to view things? >
sounds about right.