-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/02/07 16:53, Glen Pfeiffer wrote: > ---- Wei Chen wrote: >> So I'd say that maybe Stable is really not for Desktop use. >> Testing is the best choice because it is neither too dangerous >> nor too old. > > What do you think about adding a new release type maybe called > "current"? Then our release structure would look like this: > > ------------- > | Unstable |------ > ------------- | > | | > | | > ----------- | > | Testing | | > ----------- | > | | > -------------------- | > | | | > ---------- ----------- > | Stable | | Current | > ---------- ----------- > > Current would get both security and feature updates. We could > advertise this as the perfect blend of stability and up-to-date > software. Immediately after a release, Current would lag behind > Testing so it would be more stable. Conversely, during the freeze > we might be able to pull some packages from Unstable. > > I am pretty new to Debian so I am sure there are a thousand > reasons why the above is a bad idea, or just too hard to > implement. But it seems like it's worth discussing. And before > anyone gives me a hard time let me say, "I am not complaining".
That's called http://www.backports.org and Debian doesn't do it because it would be just that much more work on top of the already difficult task of getting Testing turned into Stable. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGEYkRS9HxQb37XmcRAoM6AJ4/C5fM5XUwGks4J5V8/4fQn5OJ9gCg6y5V aryUzUGo+r8RqITRpv6Ej/g= =/gWr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
