On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 01:17:51PM -0700, Tom wrote: > On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:11:52AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 11:27:13PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Does http://snapshot.debian.net really keep EVERY version of EVERY > > > package in unstable? > > > > See the statement on its front page. It's true. > > Thanks. I'd read it, but was confused by the first sentence (IMHO it's > overly complex and opaque).
The author's Japanese. You could send textual improvements ... > I guess when it says "All Packages" it means "all .DEBs," which is > indeed all "versions." > > A semantic question: does "package" always mean "a particular .DEB", > i.e. one particular version? If so, what is the unambigious term for > the series of versions? A (binary) package is a .deb, but "package" can also refer to all the instances of the package through time. I'd say something like "history of the package" if I wanted to be unambiguous. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
