On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 11:27:50 -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:05:08 -0400 Greg Folkert wrote: > > > "Lenny/Sid", it used to say "Etch/Sid" until about November of 2006. I > > am sure it will say Lenny/Sid until a few weeks until the (set, but not > > met) release of Lenny. > > But what's the rationale behind that?
This is just a consequence of the fact that the package "base-files" (which contains /etc/debian_version) is the same for Unstable and Testing most of the time. As far as I know there is no mechanism to keep different versions of this package in the two branches, unless one wants to file some sort of semi-permanent blocking bug. (I have a vague recollection that someone pointed this out already, but this thread is now so chaotic that I cannot find the relevant message quickly enough.) > I mean, at any one time, the > release is either Etch, or Lenny, or whatever comes next. Unless > someone has mixed sources (testing and unstable, like knoppix, mepis, > or other derived distros), it should be either etch, or lenny or > whatever. It shouldn't be Lenny/Sid. That implies mixed sources, and > it's a potential (and real) source of confusion. It is at least less scary than "testing/unstable" which was the version string for quite a while. -- Regards, Florian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]