On 8/10/05, Craig Zeigler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:47:13 +1000, Eugene Rosenzweig wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>> I wish there were Release Notes supplied with the announcement of > >>> the new release to satisfy curiosity of what is new/different in this > >>> release. > >>> > >> > >> > >> Gentoo doesn't really have releases, except for the installation discs, > >> so this would be meaningless. Except when a profile is deprecated, and > >> 1.4 was the last to do that, your system is whatever was in portage the > >> last time you synced and updated. > >> > >> > > From the website: > > The Gentoo Foundation is both pleased and proud to announce the much > > anticipated release of *Gentoo Linux 2005.1* (Codename: 'El Nino'). > > The iso images for the release can be found by visiting the Get > > Gentoo! <http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml> page. > > > > Fooled me with the word 'release' in that sentence. Its even got a > > codename. You know something is a proper release if its got a > > codename... :) It is referring to installation iso I guess. Still, > > even though it is not a true release in, eh, truer meaning of the word > > 'release', whatever it is in Linux distro world, it would still be > > nice to have Release Notes with some info on whats new/changed. > > > > Eugene. > > > > > If the developers bothered to write stuff like that for every package > (most of them have changelogs BTW) Gentoo would be like Debian.. years > between releases > --
Yeah, true. Besides, when Neil made that comment he was speaking of the iso which is the 'installation disc' so I think that Neil was completely consistant. cheers, Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
