Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Still, I imagine a debian release between stable and unstable. Stable is > > nice for the space shuttle or other critical purposes. But, let's say, the > > netscape installer package: There's no bug in the old version. But I think > > there should be a place outside the developers' corner for the new one ... > > Somewhere, where dselect can be used. ? > > I've thought about this myself too. > > What would be nice is a "cutting edge, but reliable" distribution that > was separate from the standard stable release. This could possibly be > done by a different project than Debian (or even a company). It would > be based on the standard stable major releases, and would be supplemented > by more up-to-date packages from unstable. It would be fully tested, > and released on a monthly basis.
[snip] > It's difficult, if not impossible, for us (the Debian developers) to > do well-tested and thought out releases on a tighter timetable than > what we are doing for the major releases (3-6 months). This is due > to the distributed, volunteer nature of the organization. > > But the packaging system itself can support a much tighter release > schedule than what we are capable of. dpkg's system of dependencies > and conflicts means that it is possible to support building releases > and upgrading in a very piecemeal manner. A separate organization > dedicated to building a "cutting edge, but reliable" distribution > from the raw output from the Debian project could be very successful. Even if not for this reason, I think an intermediate release would be quite useful. I'm thinking of a hamm-friendly bo (hbo? :-) -- which basically has all the `libc5' libraries from hamm. People using `bo' would upgrade to `hbo', which basically moves all the libc5 libraries from /usr/lib to /usr/lib/libc5-compat, and all devel tools into /usr/i486-linuxlibc1; leaving thing in a state most amenable to upgrading to `hamm'. This could be a mini-distribution, which just has the libraries, and maybe the `altdev's, and some packages that are closely dependent on the exact version of the shared libs (`bash' would be one, I guess). Such a distribution would help greatly in the Libc5 to Libc6 migration. - Hari -- Raja R Harinath ------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] "When all else fails, read the instructions." -- Cahn's Axiom "Our policy is, when in doubt, do the right thing." -- Roy L Ash -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
