On Friday 05 January 2007 01:08, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Fri, 2007-01-05 at 00:50 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > > I've just changed /etc/apt/sources.list entries from testing to Etch, and > > run apt-get update again, followed by apt-get dist-upgrade. I now have > > the same amount of packages to download, so it appears there are still a > > lot of updates for Etch even though testing is frozen. > > That's normal, bugs are still fixed in packages, this is what the freeze > is for. These are the conditions for releasing a new version in Etch: > > - fixes for release critical bugs (i.e., bugs of severity critical, > grave, and serious) in all packages; > > - changes for release goals, if they are not invasive; > > - fixes for severity: important bugs in packages of priority: optional > or extra, only when this can be done via unstable; > > - translation updates and > > - documentation fixes. > > Taken from the freeze announcement, good reading if you're interested in > the procedure. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/12/msg00004.html > > > What the hell though are these "Diffindex" things, and all the lines > > while running apt-get update that end in "pdiff". I havn't seen them in > > Sarge, and don't recall having seen them in Etch before a couple of weeks > > ago. > > See here for a good explanation, > http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/439
Thanks for the explanation Sven. Nigel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
