Don Armstrong wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > I am curious. How does knowing the names further in advance make some
> > things easier?
>
> 1) Tools can include support for releases which are +1 and +2.
>
> For example, debootstrap needs to know the names of the release so you
> can install it. Lot
On Mon, 15 Dec 2014, Bob Proulx wrote:
> I am curious. How does knowing the names further in advance make some
> things easier?
1) Tools can include support for releases which are +1 and +2.
For example, debootstrap needs to know the names of the release so you
can install it. Lots of other tools
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Stretch and Buster were only meant as example, please consider my
> nitpick to have been:
>
> The name of the next release is generally known, latest by the time
> of the freeze of the previous one.
Sure. :-)
> In this particular case the Release Team was sligh
The Wanderer wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Good! Then you saw that I did answer your question! :-)
> >
> > As I said... The reason that KDE 4.14.3 isn't in Jessie is because
> > when Jessie froze KDE 4.14.2 was the latest available. KDE 4.14.3
> > was announced on 2014-Nov-11 several days *af
On Jo, 11 dec 14, 15:18:12, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > When Testing is released as Stable a new name will be chosen for the
> > > next release and that new name will become Testing.
> >
> > Minor nitpick: the names are already known, the release after Jes
On 12/11/2014 at 05:35 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> B. M. wrote:
>
>> The Wanderer a écrit :
>>
>>> I understood him as asking why freeze testing with a version
>>> which excludes the latest bug fixes, when a newer version which
>>> includes them is available. This is not the same as asking why
>>> f
B. M. wrote:
> The Wanderer a écrit :
> > I understood him as asking why freeze testing with a version which
> > excludes the latest bug fixes, when a newer version which includes them
> > is available. This is not the same as asking why freeze testing with a
> > version which is not the newest ver
Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > When Testing is released as Stable a new name will be chosen for the
> > next release and that new name will become Testing.
>
> Minor nitpick: the names are already known, the release after Jessie
> will be Stretch and then next one Buster.
>
> http
On Mi, 10 dec 14, 13:55:13, Bob Proulx wrote:
> When Testing is released as Stable a new name will be chosen for the
> next release and that new name will become Testing.
Minor nitpick: the names are already known, the release after Jessie
will be Stretch and then next one Buster.
https://lists.
On Jo, 11 dec 14, 12:03:40, B. M. wrote:
>
> So it depends on the maintainer?
Not only.
> Is there any public information about how a certain maintainer thinks
> about / handles that?
I'd be searching the archives of:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-kde-talk
http:/
On 11/12/14 07:34, B. M. wrote:
Le 11 déc. 2014 à 05:10, The Wanderer a écrit :
I understood him as asking why freeze testing with a version which
excludes the latest bug fixes, when a newer version which includes them
is available. This is not the same as asking why freeze testing with a
versi
Le 11 déc. 2014 à 11:41, Andrei POPESCU a écrit :
> On Mi, 10 dec 14, 23:10:36, The Wanderer wrote:
>>
>> IOW, if version 2.2.4 of a program is packaged, and upstream releases
>> version 2.3.0 after the freeze, it might be reasonable to stick with
>> 2.2.4 in preparing testing for release - but
On Mi, 10 dec 14, 23:10:36, The Wanderer wrote:
>
> IOW, if version 2.2.4 of a program is packaged, and upstream releases
> version 2.3.0 after the freeze, it might be reasonable to stick with
> 2.2.4 in preparing testing for release - but if upstream releases 2.2.5
> as a bugfix release for the 2
Le 11 déc. 2014 à 05:10, The Wanderer a écrit :
> On 12/10/2014 at 03:55 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>
>> B. M. wrote:
>>
>>> Bob Proulx a écrit :
>
>>> Thanks for the clarification, but in general I think I know how
>>> Debian works. My question was more that I don't see why Debian
>>> should use 4
On 12/10/2014 at 03:55 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> B. M. wrote:
>
>> Bob Proulx a écrit :
>> Thanks for the clarification, but in general I think I know how
>> Debian works. My question was more that I don't see why Debian
>> should use 4.14.2 or even 4.14.1 if upstream released 4.14.3 as
>> the las
B. M. wrote:
> Bob Proulx a écrit :
> > B. M. wrote:
> >> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze :-)
> >
> > When you say "using Debian" that is not sufficient to really describe
> > what you are doing. I use Debian Stable on production servers. I
> > also run Debian
Le 9 déc. 2014 à 18:48, Bob Proulx a écrit :
> B. M. wrote:
>> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze :-)
>
> When you say "using Debian" that is not sufficient to really describe
> what you are doing. I use Debian Stable on production servers. I
> also run Debian
Le 9 déc. 2014 à 23:49, Liam O'Toole a écrit :
> On 2014-12-09, B. M. wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze
>> :-)
>>
>> How does the freeze work in regard to KDE: currently, many packages
>> are at 4.14.2, PIM is at 4.14.1 and the latest 4
On 2014-12-09, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze
> :-)
>
> How does the freeze work in regard to KDE: currently, many packages
> are at 4.14.2, PIM is at 4.14.1 and the latest 4.14 release is 4.14.3
>
> Is it true that the packages will
B. M. wrote:
> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze :-)
When you say "using Debian" that is not sufficient to really describe
what you are doing. I use Debian Stable on production servers. I
also run Debian Unstable for testing and reporting bugs before the
next re
On Ma, 09 dec 14, 16:11:30, B. M. wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using Debian since about a year now, so this is my first freeze :-)
>
> How does the freeze work in regard to KDE: currently, many packages
> are at 4.14.2, PIM is at 4.14.1 and the latest 4.14 release is 4.14.3
Are there any significa
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