(stan's reply was off-list but I think my response should be on-list because I may be wrong :-))
On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 08:12:03AM -0400, stan wrote:
| On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:20:46PM -0500, dman wrote:
| > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:49:47PM -0400, stan wrote:
| > | Thinking just a bit ahaead here, since this was the scheduled release
date.
| > |
| > | My current systems have moslty woody with a few unstable packages. I'm
| > | doing this using the folowing preferences file:
| >
| > | Pin: release a=testing
| > | Pin: release a=stable
| > | Pin: release a=unstable
| >
| > | So, assuming I want to keep reasonbly up to date, with current packages,
| > | what changes should I make to this, once woody goes gold (stable0?
| >
| > Nothing here. Since you have used the symbolic names their meaning
| > changes but not the name with each release. Just have 'testing' (or
| > 'sarge', I think) instead of 'woody' in your sources.list.
|
| Hmm, so you are syaing just leave well enough alone?
Yes, as long as you have 'testing' instead of 'woody' in sources.list.
| I geuss I was concened about what might be in "unstbale", which will become
| testing, when the release is amde, that might break my machine.
|
| How will the curent "unstable" packages get veted to the level that the
| current testing ones are as of this change?
My understanding is that packages don't go anywhere because of the
release. They just change the names a bit. The current collection of
woody/testing packages will be labeled "woody/stable" and official cd
images will be made. Testing will be renamed "sarge" and "potato"
will be marked as old. On the release date, though, I don't expect
the packages in "testing" (which will be sarge, AFAIK) to change
unless there is already a new package in sid that has met the
2-weeks-and-no-RC-bugs requirements.
-D
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