On 24/07/2014, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: > On 7/24/14, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 24/07/2014, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote: >>> On 7/24/14, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On 21/07/2014, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org >>>> <berenger.mo...@neutralite.org> wrote: >>>>> Le 21.07.2014 15:31, Slavko a écrit : >>>>>> Ahoj, >>>>>> >>>>>> it seems, that there can good idea to provide separate ML for testing >>>>>> users. >>>>> >>>>> I agree, since testing is not for normal users (well... theoretically >>>>> at least), so we could imagine that different MLs for (beta-)testing >>>>> and >>>>> productive usage (questions about "how to do..." and stable related >>>>> bugs >>>>> would go there, I guess). >>>>> Now, I have no idea about the complexity of maintaining a new ML. >>>>> Maybe >>>>> there are also problems because some issues can not clearly affect >>>>> only >>>>> one of both testing and stable? >>>> >>>> I would like to see a list for each of: >>>> experimental >>>> unstable >>>> testing >>>> stable (by version number, eg, at present, 7) >>>> oldstable (by version number, eg, at present, 6) >>>> obsolete (versions previous to oldstable) >>>> hybrid - combinations of the above, eg, where people mix stable and >>>> testing, >>>> etc >>>> >>>> I believe that it would be helpful, and, would provide for most >>>> scenario's, and, when a new release occurs (eg, for Debian 8), the >>>> archives get each moved into the lower level archive, so the oldstable >>>> archive goes into the obsolete, the stable archive goes into the >>>> oldstable, and the testing archive goes into the stabl;e achive. >>>> >>>> Or, the top three; >>>> experimental >>>> unstable >>>> testing >>>> then by version number; >>>> 7 >>>> 6 >>>> 5 >>>> 4 >>>> 3.1 >>>> 3 >>> >>> No no, that's really impractical - the applications man, >>> the applications! >>> >>> We need a list for each package! You can't ruly home in >>> on your questions of interest until you have dedicated >>> lists for each package. >>> >>> Sometimes, those lists should have a repeater which >>> copies each message to a corresponding upstream list >>> (I'm thinking mutt for example, but I'm sure there's >>> others). >>> >>> so mutt-debian-users@.., postgresql-debian-users@... etc. >> >> Well, .... there are application lists. >> >> PostgreSQL has its own lists, MySQL has its own lists, Fetchmail has >> its own list, Posfix has its own list, Procmail has its own list, >> alpine has its own list, GRAMPS has its own list, GnuCash has its own >> list, as mentioned in another thread (the one about iceape), Seamonkey >> has its own list, and, as the King (as played by Yul Brynner) said, >> "etcetera, etcetera, etcetera". > > There's a slashdot saying appropriate just here ... > not quite sure what that is, it's ... > going over my head right now. > > ;) > >
I do not understand the last posting above. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 .................................................... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACX6j8NpeRX0=v7mcmt-vbfwiyl7e0hxduohn8gso-vq8eq...@mail.gmail.com
