On Thu, Dec 10, 1998 at 16:38:10 +0000, Patrick Colbeck wrote: > I am converting from RedHat to Debian and in the main am pleased with > Debian. One thing I can't quite work out though is how Debian handles > updated packages. > For example XFree86 3.3.3 is out now, will this eventually be integrated > into the 2.0 release or are the packages in this release frozen except for > bug fixes ?
The packages in a release (and in "frozen") are only updated in case of security problems. > One of RedHats nice features is that there is the upgrade drectory on > their ftp server and you can just see all the packages that have been > upgraded since the release of that version of RedHat is there an > equivalent for Debian ? For 2.0, we had a "proposed-updates" directory containing packages submitted as updates for the release. When they are accepted, they are moved into the archive. (In any case, you can just point dselect to stable, and it'll find any updates for you) HTH, Ray -- UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY, UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
