Package: base-files Version: 10.1 Severity: wishlist * Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> [180420 07:38]: > On Do, Apr 19, 2018 at 11:00:37 +0200, Christoph Biedl wrote: > > But being human I prefer names over numbers, even if it's just for > > aesthetic reason - "buster" is just more comfortable than "debian10". > > No, it’s not. I know that my systems are running Debian 8 or 9, but I always > have to think if stretch is 9 or was it jessie. > > I have to look up the name not the number.
I have often wanted to have on my system a text file containing the correspondence between code name and release number. I know this is one more thing for the base-files maintainer to do during an already busy period just before release, but if he is willing, it would be nice to have a file, suggested to be /usr/share/doc/base-files/debian_releases, that contains each code name with its Debian release number, as well as the code name for the current testing release. I know this info is in the Debian wiki, but having it in a local text file is more convenient. I would also be okay if this were a text file in debian-history, but I find that solution less satisfactory than being in base-files which is essential/required. I would also like /etc/debian_version to contain both number and name, but I suspect there is some resistance to this on the grounds that scripts may be using $(cat /etc/debian_version) for comparisons. Perhaps /etc/debian_codename? Since debian_version contains codename/sid for testing and unstable, debian_codename could just contain the codename. Santiago, if you are willing to do either or both of these, I would appreciate it, but I certainly understand if it is just one too many things to remember during release prep. If you don't want debian_releases in base-files, I'll reassign this bug to debian-history. ...Marvin
