Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-28 Thread John Galt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Jan-Hendrik Palic wrote: >On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:07:51AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: >|Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >| >|> Can someone tell me (who's new to Debian) what the difference >|> between sid and unstab

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-28 Thread Jan-Hendrik Palic
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:07:51AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: |Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | |> Can someone tell me (who's new to Debian) what the difference |> between sid and unstable is? | |Debian distributions have a 'code-name': | |(the current) stable -> Potato |

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-28 Thread Jim Richardson
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 10:54:47PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > Jim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > JR> I am in the process of converting from SuSE to debian, if I choose to > JR> use testing/woody, will the upgrade automatically follow woody as it > JR> moves into stable? That is, if I be

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread David Z Maze
Jim Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: JR> I am in the process of converting from SuSE to debian, if I choose to JR> use testing/woody, will the upgrade automatically follow woody as it JR> moves into stable? That is, if I begin following woody with apt, will I JR> continue to follow woody as i

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Richardson
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 08:07:51AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Can someone tell me (who's new to Debian) what the difference > > between sid and unstable is? > > Debian distributions have a 'code-name': > > (the current) stable -> Potat

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 05:57:42PM +1000, John Griffiths ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> Debian distributions have a 'code-name': > >> > >> (the current) stable -> Potato > >> (the current) testing -> Woody > >> (the current) unstable -> Sid > >> > >> Later, Woody will be

Re: re : Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread Glyn Millington
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, the story is very simple: every debian release has the name of a > character from the movie Toy Story: Slink Woody Mr Potato Sid Buzz > fred Right!! Research about to begin - many thanks Glyn M -- so here we

re : Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread neuromancien
Hi, the story is very simple: every debian release has the name of a character from the movie Toy Story: Slink Woody Mr Potato Sid Buzz fred >> Debian distributions have a 'code-name': >> >> (the current) stable -> Potato >> (the current) testing -> Woody >> (the cur

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread John Griffiths
>> Debian distributions have a 'code-name': >> >> (the current) stable -> Potato >> (the current) testing -> Woody >> (the current) unstable -> Sid >> >> Later, Woody will be the new stable and Sarge will be the new >> testing. Unstable will be always Sid. > >There must be

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread Glyn Millington
On 27 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Debian distributions have a 'code-name': > > (the current) stable -> Potato > (the current) testing -> Woody > (the current) unstable -> Sid > > Later, Woody will be the new stable and Sarge will be the new > testing. Unstable wi

Re: Sid vs unstable

2001-03-27 Thread Moritz Schulte
Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can someone tell me (who's new to Debian) what the difference > between sid and unstable is? Debian distributions have a 'code-name': (the current) stable -> Potato (the current) testing -> Woody (the current) unstable -> Sid

Sid vs unstable

2001-03-26 Thread Stephen Boulet
Can someone tell me (who's new to Debian) what the difference between sid and unstable is? Thanks. -- Stephen