On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 01:45:50PM +0100, lance wrote: > > > > Considering how stable releaes were handled recently or better how > > > > they weren't handled properly with regards to our duty to our users, > > > > my plan is to release a new point release of stable about every one to > > > > two monthts. I'll continue to prepare releases and help our > > > > ftp-masters with this. > > > > > > > > Having said that, I'm already preparing 2.2r4 so it could be released > > > > around mid of May: http://people.debian.org/~joey/2.2r4/ > > > > > > As a CD vendor - please try to keep a minimum time between point releases > > > - say 3 months ?? > > > > No. Three months is too much. Please burn & sell the current point > > release. People who take care of security have to update anyway. They > > can get their updates from the net. If they don't care, the n-1, n-2 > > point release is fine for them. > > I think you have missed my point - we dont burn gold disks - we press > 6 CD sets of Debian. It takes 2 weeks to get the disks pressed. If we only > have 2 weeks to sell them it will not be viable.
Do you honestly think we could manage to do one point release per month? :) -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
