On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:01:09 -0800
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 21:44:47 -0500
> Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> Right now, etch = testing.  At some point, etch
>> will be released, at which time etch no longer = testing, but
>> instead etch = stable.  The original poster's statement was
>> perfectly fine.
> 
> I should stay out, but...
> 
> seems to me a good way to describe it is: "testing" is developing
> towards the next stable release to be called "etch". "Testing" is not
> YET "etch" because "etch" isn't done. When "etch" is done, there will
> be a brief moment when the stable release of "etch" and "testing" will
> be the same thing, right before someone presses enter to make the
> change. 

Except this is incorrect.

If the already quoted Debian documentation isn't sufficient for you,
then do an experiment, if you're tracking testing:  modify your sources.list
file.  Everywhere you see "testing", change it to "etch".  Do an apt-get
update.  See what breaks.

-c

P.S.  (answer:  nothing breaks.  it works fine.)


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