On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 06:36:30PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> > "Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Craig> why is application bar any *more* reliable or trustworthy
> Craig> just because it is compiled against an old version of libc6
> Craig> in potato?
>
> It
> "Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> why is application bar any *more* reliable or trustworthy
Craig> just because it is compiled against an old version of libc6
Craig> in potato?
It is not so much the new application I was thinking of, but all the
old sta
On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 04:49:04PM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> You say stable is "old". That is exactly Russell's point. Some people
> want a mostly stable system, but need some up-to-date packages from
> woody.
that's a choice people have to make.
you can have an old 'stable' release, or you can h
On Wednesday 09 May 2001 02:32, Craig Sanders wrote:
> > Currently there are two usable repositories of Potato packages.
> > There's a repository of kernel-related packages to run 2.4.x kernels
> > on Potato, and there's a repository of LDAP related packages and other
> > things that Wichert is mai
> "Craig" == Craig Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Craig> debian provides mechanisms for easy upgrade between release
Craig> versions, and we always have provided that - why complicate
Craig> matters with branched sub-releases of old versions?
You say stable is "old". That is
On Tue, 8 May 2001, T.Pospisek's MailLists wrote:
>
> Would there be any problem to just set up your own Debian-style site with
> BTS and apt-able archive, where people can contribute if they want and
> where you can semi-automatical merge in upstream (here Debian) updates
> (mostly critical bugs
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 02:45:53PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> Currently there are two usable repositories of Potato packages.
> There's a repository of kernel-related packages to run 2.4.x kernels
> on Potato, and there's a repository of LDAP related packages and other
> things that Wichert is m
On Tue, 8 May 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
> But if someone is willing to back-port a package, and to maintain it
> (fixing any bugs that may be reported against it), then why not make
> room on the archives for it?
Would there be any problem to just set up your own Debian-style site with
BTS and a
On Tuesday 08 May 2001 01:28, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 02:45:53PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> > I would like a version of potato that is not entirely frozen.
> > ...
> > I am willing to be involved in back-porting packages (there's many
> > things that I back-port for my
> "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> To manage this fully through the Debian system we will
Russell> need support in the BTS for reporting bugs to different
Russell> people depending on the package version. Is this
Russell> possible?
Another probl
> "Russell" == Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Russell> I would like a version of Potato that is not entirely
Russell> frozen. It should have updates not only for security
Russell> reasons but also for addition of new programs, and for
Russell> adding new programs wh
Hi,
At Mon, 7 May 2001 09:51:24 -0700 (PDT),
Ian Eure wrote:
> i have libssl & openssh 2.5.2p2 for potato at
> http://people.debian.org/~ieure/potato_ssh
Good job.
If you execute 'dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip -9 > Packages.gz'
in this directory, we'll be more happy :-)
--
Kenshi Muto
[EM
On Mon, May 07, 2001 at 02:45:53PM +0200, Russell Coker wrote:
> I would like a version of potato that is not entirely frozen.
> ...
> I am willing to be involved in back-porting packages (there's many
> things that I back-port for my own use and should share).
> ...
> Also we have to consider
i have libssl & openssh 2.5.2p2 for potato at
http://people.debian.org/~ieure/potato_ssh
On Mon, 7 May 2001, Russell Coker wrote:
>
> Currently there are two usable repositories of Potato packages. There's a
> repository of kernel-related packages to run 2.4.x kernels on Potato, and
> there's
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