Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-27 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Debian releases do not get a version number until they are released. Huh? Just about any Release file in frozen contains Version: 2.2 Origin: Debian Label: Debian Does that mean that frozen is released? -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corpora

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-27 Thread Joey Hess
Phoenix Amon wrote: > Hmm. Is that right? The newsletters have been referring to potato as > "a.k.a. release 2.2" since it's been frozen. Eh?? I don't remember doing any such thing. I don't have a full DWN archive here (on a train), but what I do have only refers to "2.2" when talking about certi

RE: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Phoenix Amon
> Phoenix writes: > > 2.2 is potato... > > No. 2.2 will be potato when it is released. 2.2 does not exist yet. Hmm. Is that right? The newsletters have been referring to potato as "a.k.a. release 2.2" since it's been frozen. Is it actually 2.2 now, or will it not be 2.2 until it's released? An

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong) wrote: >> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> potato and woody are just code names. The actual "unstable" is >> bleeding edge, and frozen is the next release. Currently potato >> is frozen (a la Debian 2.2) and woody is the new >> unst

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread John Hasler
Phoenix writes: > 2.2 is potato... No. 2.2 will be potato when it is released. 2.2 does not exist yet. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 07:44:58PM -0500, Marshal Kar-Cheung > Wong wrote: >> I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that >> potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And >> that woody is the

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 07:44:58PM -0500, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is > always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And that woody is the > code-name for the 2.2 release. So why is unstable pointing to woody, > and frozen

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Taupter
Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote: > > I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is > always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And that woody is the > code-name for the 2.2 release. So why is unstable pointing to woody, > and frozen to potato? I found this out when I tr

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread ktb
- Original Message - From: Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6:44 PM Subject: Difference between woody and potato > I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is > always the newest, bleeding edge d

Re: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
> "Phoenix" == Phoenix Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that >> potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And >> that woody is the code-name for the 2.2 release. > Each version has a code name. The code na

RE: Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Phoenix Amon
> I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is > always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And that woody is the > code-name for the 2.2 release. Each version has a code name. The code name doesn't relate to whether the distribution is in stable or unstable or frozen

Difference between woody and potato

2000-03-23 Thread Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong
I'm a bit confused about woody and potato. I though that potato is always the newest, bleeding edge distribution. And that woody is the code-name for the 2.2 release. So why is unstable pointing to woody, and frozen to potato? I found this out when I tried to get gimp1.1 and found it not there,