Sounds similar to FreeBSD's ports & stable tree :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Federico Sevilla III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plug] Upgrade or build?
>
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> Debian boxes are known to upgrade from one stable release to the next
> since v1.something, I think. Until now smooth upgradeability is one of the
> top priorities of the Debian project leaders. And that doesn't mean
> "please insert the CD, reboot and run upgrade". For Debian that means
> updating the apt sources.list file with either the CDs or the URLs, then
> doing an "apt-get update" to synchronize your database of available
> packages, then doing an "apt-get dist-upgrade". apt calculates
> dependencies, figures out which packages need to be retained or removed or
> upgrade, and tells you what it plans to do, prompting for a confirmation.
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