On Wednesday 26 May 2004 18:51, Kenneth Jacker wrote: KJ> I've been doing some experimental installs (which, BTW, have worked KJ> perfectly so far) using the Beta4 installer: KJ> KJ> ../sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso. KJ> KJ> KJ> The console "login" screen shows the following: KJ> KJ> Debian GNU/Linux testing/unstable foobar tty1 KJ> KJ> foobar login: KJ> KJ> I am confused about the "unstable" part shown above. I thought that <IMO> It is just a generic welcoming message (generic: for testing+unstable versions). And for sure when Sarge becomes the new Stable Debian release, "testing/unstable" will be replaced by "Sarge" or "stable" or something of the kind. KJ> the installer was creating a 'sarge' system, not a 'sarge'/'sid' one. KJ> True? For the moment, Sarge is (but) the "testing" version, until that bright day we are looking forward to when it will become "stable". KJ> KJ> Which version(s) should I put in "sources.list"? KJ> KJ> o just 'sarge' Seems strictly correct. KJ> KJ> o both 'sarge' and 'sid' Correct IMO, if you don't mind (or simply want to!) have some "unstable" packages on your system... KJ> KJ> o other KJ> KJ> Thanks for clarifying things, </IMO> Non-newbies might want to add something to this. Cheers, Sylvain. KJ> KJ> -- KJ> Prof Kenneth H Jacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] KJ> Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj KJ> Appalachian State Univ KJ> Boone, NC 28608 USA KJ> KJ>
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