On Wed, Dec 09, 1998 at 08:42:24PM +0000, Phillip Deackes wrote: > I used to use RedHat and when any software was updated it appeared on > the redhat ftp sites very quickly. I notice that already there are rpms > of the new XFree release (3.3.3) available.
It's in the way Debian works. We have at most three releases at a time -- stable, frozen, and unstable. A particular version begins life as unstable. It's not necessarily unstable, but we call it that. After some time, there's a code freeze, so it becomes frozen. A new unstable is created, for the next version. After serious bugs are fixed in the frozen version, it becomes stable. frozen only exists when a new release is pending. Right now, we have unstable (called potato), frozen (called slink), and stable (called hamm). If you want continuous upgrades, follow unstable -- apt can do it for you easily. You might get some broken packages at times. If you want a stable system, go with stable. Once a version is released, it doesn't changed. So even though there's a new X, it goes into unstable, not stable. The only changes to the stable version are security fixes and the like. Right now, we have a frozen version, so people are working on that. That's why XFree86 3.3.3 isn't available yet. Once slink is released (becomes stable), it will appear at some time. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
