Re: experimental codename: scud?

2003-12-17 Thread GCS
On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:56:30AM +0100, Toens Bueker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hamish Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought, but naming something after a missile seems odd. Question is, after what the missile was named ... If I remember

Re: experimental codename: scud?

2003-12-17 Thread Matthew A. Nicholson
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:56:21 +0100, GCS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 11:56:30AM +0100, Toens Bueker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hamish Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought, but naming something after a missile seems odd. Question

experimental codename: scud?

2003-12-17 Thread Hamish Harvey
I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought, but naming something after a missile seems odd. Hamish

Re: experimental codename: scud?

2003-12-17 Thread Toens Bueker
Hamish Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought, but naming something after a missile seems odd. Question is, after what the missile was named ... by Töns -- There is no safe distance.

Re: experimental codename: scud?

2003-12-17 Thread Vincent Renardias
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 11:56, Toens Bueker wrote: Hamish Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought, but naming something after a missile seems odd. Question is, after what the missile was named ... Extract from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud:

Re: experimental codename: scud?

2003-12-17 Thread Toens Bueker
Vincent Renardias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not on the list, just follow DWN. Just a thought, but naming something after a missile seems odd. Question is, after what the missile was named ... Extract from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scud: Scud is the NATO reporting name (not

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-16 Thread Graham Wilson
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:03:57AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:44:42PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: it's a bit different and for different arches. What about the arches `all'? Well, I'm maybe a particular case: powerpc +

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-16 Thread Andreas Metzler
Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I think maybe many problems with using experimental as a playground for development packages could be remedied by creating a central document about it. Things to include might be: * sources.lists lines * using APT's preferences to pin packages

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:50:00AM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote: since we are discussing codenames for the Debian/*BSD OSs, I noticed that the experimental distribution doesn't have a codename yet, as unstable has with Sid. I think that's the way it should be. Experimental isn't a complete

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 02:46:27AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: Christoph Berg wrote: since we are discussing codenames for the Debian/*BSD OSs, I noticed that the experimental distribution doesn't have a codename yet, as unstable has with Sid. I'd propose to call it Scud, which is the

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:50:00AM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote: since we are discussing codenames for the Debian/*BSD OSs, I noticed that the experimental distribution doesn't have a codename yet, as unstable has with Sid. I think that's the way it

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Joel Baker
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 01:38:37PM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote: Re: Neil McGovern in [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like it too :) Thanks :) Prehaps it could be used as a codename for the new unstable when Sarge is released as stable? That's not the way it works; Sid is not Sarge+1 but the

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Christoph Berg
Re: Neil McGovern in [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like it too :) Thanks :) Prehaps it could be used as a codename for the new unstable when Sarge is released as stable? That's not the way it works; Sid is not Sarge+1 but the never-to-be- released development version. Think of it as version infinity.

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Graham Wilson
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 02:10:22PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think that's the way it should be. Experimental isn't a complete distribution in the sense that the others are, so it doesn't really deserve a codename. Isn't it possible that `scud'

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Michael Poole
John Hasler writes: gram writes: Every new package, or every new upload? Perhaps every upload to Unstable should go to Experimental as well unless Experimental already has a newer package (or the same one), but uploads to Experimental should go to Experimental only. Nothing would ever move

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread John Hasler
gram writes: Every new package, or every new upload? Perhaps every upload to Unstable should go to Experimental as well unless Experimental already has a newer package (or the same one), but uploads to Experimental should go to Experimental only. Nothing would ever move from Experimental to any

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Michael Poole [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: John Hasler writes: gram writes: Every new package, or every new upload? Perhaps every upload to Unstable should go to Experimental as well unless Experimental already has a newer package (or the same one), but uploads to Experimental should go to

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 02:10:22PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: [...] What I'm trying to explain is that I like the idea of an extra pool with the buildd and bts but no automatic move to another pool. I think, DD and people with chroot can point to

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Graham Wilson
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:44:42PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If this would lead to more developers and beta-testers being able to use experimental, then I think this would be a good idea. People might upload there newer more in-development packages

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:44:42PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: [...] it's a bit different and for different arches. What about the arches `all'? Well, I'm maybe a particular case: powerpc + java ;) but it could be the same with sparc + perl or else.

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-15 Thread Henning Makholm
Scripsit Graham Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] However, I am not (nor do I believe a majority might be) that experimental should duplicate unstable, with only a few packages (the experimental ones) being newer. However, with the pool structure archive, this might not actually mean a duplication of

Re: experimental codename

2003-12-14 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Christoph Berg wrote: since we are discussing codenames for the Debian/*BSD OSs, I noticed that the experimental distribution doesn't have a codename yet, as unstable has with Sid. I'd propose to call it Scud, which is the Name of Sid's dog (which broke toys even worse than Sid did ;-).

experimental codename

2003-12-14 Thread Christoph Berg
Hello, since we are discussing codenames for the Debian/*BSD OSs, I noticed that the experimental distribution doesn't have a codename yet, as unstable has with Sid. I'd propose to call it Scud, which is the Name of Sid's dog (which broke toys even worse than Sid did ;-). Christoph [1]