Re: Etch vs. Sarge/bpo on FW/Router

2006-12-18 Thread Dave Ewart
On Monday, 18.12.2006 at 14:02 +0100, Erhard Schultchen wrote: > Greetings, > > I am planning to upgrade our department's router/firewall running > Debian/sarge with some fancy GBit NICs (Intel GT). From my first tests > I noticed that the e1000 module from linux-2.6.8 does not recognize > the ne

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-07-02 Thread Roberto Sanchez
BAGI Akos wrote: Hi List! I run services on sarge in two major parts: - qmail,clamav,spop3, ssmtp,rblsmtp and - apache2,mysql 4.1,php4 I'm considering to dist-upgrade from sarge to etch(testing) I would like to use mysql5 and php5 if it's not a to big deal to change. My question is: Can the di

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-02-25 Thread Mark Grieveson
I can't really comment on the specifics of mysql or php, but my trial of etch via an upgrade, and then via a fresh install, was disastrous. Besides a prettier gdm, I loathed everything about it, and am now happily back with Sarge. Etch is anally retentive with the repositories, it doesn't hav

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-02-24 Thread Chris Lale
Mark Grieveson wrote: Hi List! I run services on sarge in two major parts: - qmail,clamav,spop3, ssmtp,rblsmtp and - apache2,mysql 4.1,php4 I'm considering to dist-upgrade from sarge to etch(testing) I would like to use mysql5 and php5 if it's not a to big deal to change. My question is: Can

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-02-23 Thread BAGI Akos
Hugo Vanwoerkom írta: BAGI Akos wrote: Hi List! I run services on sarge in two major parts: - qmail,clamav,spop3, ssmtp,rblsmtp and - apache2,mysql 4.1,php4 I'm considering to dist-upgrade from sarge to etch(testing) I would like to use mysql5 and php5 if it's not a to big deal to change. M

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-02-22 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
BAGI Akos wrote: Hi List! I run services on sarge in two major parts: - qmail,clamav,spop3, ssmtp,rblsmtp and - apache2,mysql 4.1,php4 I'm considering to dist-upgrade from sarge to etch(testing) I would like to use mysql5 and php5 if it's not a to big deal to change. My question is: Can the di

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-02-22 Thread Mark Grieveson
Hi List! I run services on sarge in two major parts: - qmail,clamav,spop3, ssmtp,rblsmtp and - apache2,mysql 4.1,php4 I'm considering to dist-upgrade from sarge to etch(testing) I would like to use mysql5 and php5 if it's not a to big deal to change. My question is: Can the dist-upgade do it fo

Re: etch vs sarge

2006-02-22 Thread David Jarvie
On Wed Feb 22 14:36 , BAGI Akos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Hi List! > >I run services on sarge in two major parts: >- qmail,clamav,spop3, ssmtp,rblsmtp and >- apache2,mysql 4.1,php4 > >I'm considering to dist-upgrade from sarge to etch(testing) >I would like to use mysql5 and php5 if it's not a to

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-13 Thread Carl Fink
On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 02:55:48PM -0500, Jim Hall wrote: > I hope my question fits in with the original post in this thread because > Mr. Sher asked about getting the latest releases. There are some > packages (I'm thinking specifically of wine) that are under heavy > development with daily bu

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-13 Thread Jim Hall
Paul Smith wrote: %% "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bs> 2) I have alredy downloaded "netinstall" (rc3). I thought that was bs> for the testing distro. No. Typically there are never any CD images etc. created for "testing". "Testing" is not a release; it's a state. Let me

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-13 Thread Beretta
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:20:05 +0200, in linux.debian.user you wrote: > >1) I have decided a few minutes ago to go with Sarge for the >reasons you mentioned. If I add apt-get.org and backports.org to >my apt sources, will I be able to seamlessly add updated >applications as they become available

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-12 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Based on what I have learned tonight about Debian, I am not certain yet which option I will choose: Etch or Sarge, testing or stable. Here is my choice: Choose Sarge (STABLE) which can only be updated with a few specialized apt-get sources such as apt.ge

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-12 Thread Paul Smith
%% "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: bs> 2) I have alredy downloaded "netinstall" (rc3). I thought that was bs> for the testing distro. No. Typically there are never any CD images etc. created for "testing". "Testing" is not a release; it's a state. Let me try to make things cl

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-11 Thread Kent West
Benjamin Sher wrote: >Dear Alexandru: > >Thanks so much for an excellent clarification. > > > Whoa! Did Alexandru reply off-list? Shame on him/her! Now the rest of us don't get the benefit of his/her answer, nor does anyone in the future who might be searching the archives for just the answer he

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-11 Thread Kent West
Benjamin Sher wrote: >Dear friends: > >Based on what I have learned tonight about Debian, I am >not certain yet which option I will choose: Etch or Sarge, >testing or stable. > > For a server, you probably want Sarge/Stable. For a workstation, if you want the latest and greatest, and are will

Re: Etch vs. Sarge -- can't make up my mind

2005-07-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Alexandru: Thanks so much for an excellent clarification. Two follow-up questions: 1) I have decided a few minutes ago to go with Sarge for the reasons you mentioned. If I add apt-get.org and backports.org to my apt sources, will I be able to seamlessly add updated applications as they b