On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Carlo U. Segre wrote: > I have been following the discussion of the past few days with some > interest. One thing that strikes me about the change in the organization > of the stable tree is that I have seen no simple instructions on how to > make use of the updates in the bo-updates driectory since they are not > linked to a version of the stable tree. > > There has been some mention of using dpkg-ftp but one still has to tell > dselect where to find the information about the packages and if they are > not in the stable tree, they will not be found. The problem is the same > if one (as I do, with my own mirror) use the nfs method. > > Could someone please explain the new methods?
I think we are in limbo on this issue, meaning that it is not resolved. I think that the archive maintainer, the distribution manager, and the testing manager need to decide on a policy and then report it clearly. In addition, the packages in bo-updates are for use at the user's discretion--they have not been formally accepted as updates to the stable distribution AFAIK. Thanks. Syrus. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UCSD Physics Dept. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
