Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-12-06 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Sonntag, den 06.12.2009, 03:53 -0500 schrieb James Westby: > On Mon Nov 23 18:22:55 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Am Montag, den 23.11.2009, 16:28 -0500 schrieb James Westby: > > > Have you considered making something similar for Debian (though > > > it's a problem that bites less there)?

Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-12-06 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Montag, den 23.11.2009, 16:28 -0500 schrieb James Westby: > On Sun Nov 22 19:16:57 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Introduce a ubuntu-releases package. This package will have a list of > > all known Ubuntu releases. A small script will give you the needed > > info

Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-12-06 Thread James Westby
On Mon Nov 23 18:22:55 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > Am Montag, den 23.11.2009, 16:28 -0500 schrieb James Westby: > > Have you considered making something similar for Debian (though > > it's a problem that bites less there)? > > No. unstable will stay unstable. All my uploads to Debian target

Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-11-23 Thread Benjamin Drung
Am Montag, den 23.11.2009, 16:28 -0500 schrieb James Westby: > On Sun Nov 22 19:16:57 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > > Introduce a ubuntu-releases package. This package will have a list of > > all known Ubuntu releases. A small script will give you the needed > > info

Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-11-23 Thread James Westby
On Sun Nov 22 19:16:57 -0500 2009 Benjamin Drung wrote: > Introduce a ubuntu-releases package. This package will have a list of > all known Ubuntu releases. A small script will give you the needed > information, based on the releases list and the current date. Examples: I have often tho

Re: ubuntu-releases package

2009-11-22 Thread Paul Gevers
Just my humble opinion. Benjamin Drung wrote: > Install karmic and start packaging. Then you will discover this: dch > will use karmic as default, but new packages target either lucid or > karmic-proposed. lintian does not know lucid. They may be other package, > wich are not aware of lucid. Here

ubuntu-releases package

2009-11-22 Thread Benjamin Drung
ubuntu-releases package. This package will have a list of all known Ubuntu releases. A small script will give you the needed information, based on the releases list and the current date. Examples: ubuntu-release returns the running series (same as lsb_release -sc) ubuntu-release -d returns the current