* Martin Zobel-Helas [Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:33:17 +0100]: > Hi,
Hi. I personally have nothing against. However, remembering the thread at [1], I'm not sure what the base-files maintainer will think of that. [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2007/05/msg01138.html *Personally*, I like the idea of Javier Fernández-Sanguino expressed in the mail linked above of keeping debian_version as is, and introducing /etc/lsb-release with detailed information like: DISTRIB_ID=Debian DISTRIB_RELEASE=4.0 DISTRIB_CODENAME=etch DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 'etch'" I think this file would ideally live in the base-files package as well, but: for this file to be meaningful, it would have to have three branches, one uploaded via sid, another via t-p-u, and another via s-p-u. And the base-files maintainer actually objects to maintaining base-files in other flow that is not the normal flow for a package (unstable->testing->stable). For all this, I'm suggesting the creation of a new package (say, release-info) containing that sole file, hopefully Priority: required. If nobody objects, I would like to maintain it. (I'll file an ITP if there's no strong opposition here; there wasn't any when I proposed the same back in June in the above thread.) Cheers, -- Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code. -- Ken Thompson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
