On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:02 PM, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-07-14 at 16:17 -0300, Ignacio Mondino wrote: > > Steve C. Lamb wrote: > > >> I Think there is a project called etch and a half in trac of that. > > > > > > It's called backports. :) > > > > > > > Ok, Now we have two! Debian is wonderfull! :D > > > > I hope backports become an official project soon, they do a great job. > > That would defeat the purpose of the testing branch and make the path to > stable that much more convoluted: Self defeating purpose. I disagree. I think it's inappropriate to compare Backports and Testing. They have different scopes. One is an entire operating system in development, the other is updates to key end-user software running on an otherwise static system that is not undergoing active development. To equate them is a mistake. -- Chris
