Antonio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 03:49:59PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:10:49AM -0500, Timothy M. Spear wrote: >> > If I choose to install the current Sarge Release, when Sarge >> > becomes the stable release, how do I change the apt-get functionality >> > to query the stable instead of the unstable servers? I have looked for >> > and not found documentation on this. >> >> Refer to the distribution as "sarge" rather than "testing". > > You will need to change the wording in /etc/apt/sources.list to reflect > the name change.
Right, but if you change it to 'sarge', you'll get testing until Sarge releases, at which point you'll have stable. After release --> potato woody sarge sarge+1 vvv APT tag vvv vvvvvv Release codename vvvvv potato potato potato potato potato woody woody woody woody woody sarge sarge sarge sarge stable potato woody sarge sarge+1 testing woody sarge sarge+1 sarge+2 unstable sid sid sid sid sid sid sid sid sid That is, you can use a release codename directly, and stay at that release forever (even when that release actually happens, and after the next release happens). Or you can use a label like 'stable' for the current release or 'testing' for the next release. 'unstable' and 'sid' are the same thing, and is the area developers upload packages into directly; it will never get released directly, but packages from unstable trickle into testing. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]