Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-10 Thread Matthew Bailey
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If there is interest I can post my "ftp.debian.org" file for mirror. > > -- > Dirk Eddelb|ttel > http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd > I prefer that they use the extra accounts instead of a single file that will do al

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-10 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Michael Alan Dorman writes: Michael> Although they could mirror if they had a special userid/password Michael> (as I believe has been set up)---they would just have to do it in Michael> multiple parts... As the maintainer of the mirror package, I am happy to confirm that you do not need

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-10 Thread Michael Alan Dorman
On Sun, 10 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > Making the parent directory unreadable caused mirror programs to not mirror > that directory. They might mirror the symlink, but it won't do much good. Although they could mirror if they had a special userid/password (as I believe has been set up)---they

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-10 Thread Bruce Perens
Making the parent directory unreadable caused mirror programs to not mirror that directory. They might mirror the symlink, but it won't do much good. Bruce -- Visit the "Toy Story" Web Page! http://www.toystory.com

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-10 Thread Alvar Bray
>> It seems like this will cause the mirrors carrying 1.0 to download >> the whole tree again. If we're going to do that, perhaps we should >> have the debian-development (or whatever) be the directory tree and >> debian-1. be a symlink to it. That way, the next bump of >> the version number wou

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-10 Thread John T. Larkin
> On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Bill Mitchell wrote: > > > > It seems like this will cause the mirrors carrying 1.0 to download > > the whole tree again. If we're going to do that, perhaps we should > > have the debian-development (or whatever) be the directory tree and > > debian-1. be a symlink to it. T

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-09 Thread Mail Archive
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Bill Mitchell wrote: > > It seems like this will cause the mirrors carrying 1.0 to download > the whole tree again. If we're going to do that, perhaps we should > have the debian-development (or whatever) be the directory tree and > debian-1. be a symlink to it. That way, the

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-09 Thread Bill Mitchell
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Ian Murdock wrote: > On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > I think we should deprecate 1.0 and bump the version number to 1.1, so > > that authentic copies of the release are not confused with the one on > > the Infomagic CD. > > This is a good idea. It seems like

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-09 Thread Matthew Bailey
On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Ian Murdock wrote: > On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > I wouldn't make the development release *too* hard to get to, as a few > people have suggested doing. I think that having a separate login for > getting it is excessive. It's in our best interest to make the > dev

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-09 Thread Ian Murdock
On Fri, 8 Dec 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > I think we should deprecate 1.0 and bump the version number to 1.1, so > that authentic copies of the release are not confused with the one on > the Infomagic CD. This is a good idea. Regarding the use of a code name for the release: Considering what's

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-08 Thread Dirk . Eddelbuettel
Bruce Perens writes: Bruce> Yes, a code name would be a good idea. Let's hold off on that until Bruce> Ian Murdock can do it - I've stuck my neck out enough today. We could also "hide" in private/project. -- Dirk Eddelb|ttelhttp://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-08 Thread Bruce Perens
Yes, a code name would be a good idea. Let's hold off on that until Ian Murdock can do it - I've stuck my neck out enough today. Thanks Bruce -- Visit the "Toy Story" Web Page! http://www.toystory.com

Re: bumping the version number

1995-12-08 Thread David Engel
> I think we should deprecate 1.0 and bump the version number to 1.1, so that > authentic copies of the release are not confused with the one on the Infomagic > CD. Sound like a good idea, however, I would go one step further and remove the version number completely (and possibly go with a code n

bumping the version number

1995-12-08 Thread Bruce Perens
I think we should deprecate 1.0 and bump the version number to 1.1, so that authentic copies of the release are not confused with the one on the Infomagic CD. I still haven't heard from Ian Murdock, who is moving his residence and no doubt busy. Does anyone have a way for me to reach him?