George Bonser wrote: > On 21 Aug 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > This is the part that baffles me. Do you really believe that users > who > > won't buy 1.3.1 because 1.3.2 is out will buy 1.3 revision 1 after > 1.3 > > revision 2 comes out? > > I think the idea is, you buy the 1.3 CDROM and pick up the revisions > from > the net. Just like Caldera does. In other words, maybe debian should > just > put the updates in a directory called 1.3-updates and not use symlinks > to > point updates packages to the updates from the base 1.3 tree. This > would > make mirroring easier as the 1.3 tree would (in theory) never change > and > mirrors would only have to keep the 1.3-updates directory up to date. > Users would install the 1.3 installation then add the 1.3-updates > instead > as the sub-distribution to check for updated packages. In this way, > if a > distribution goes defunct and is replaced, only the X.x-updates > directory > needs to be left around for people that might want to update a disk > that > is a couple of revs behind current.
This is an excellent idea. It is straightforward and makes much more sense from the point of view of actual users whose primary concern is a working system. Dave Neuer -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
