Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-19 Thread Brian
On Tue 19 Oct 2021 at 11:09:04 -0400, Peter Hoist wrote: > > > > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseProposals > > > > Great list, contains a lot of what I have to say. Almost all from 10+ years ago. Things have moved on during that time. Maybe the annonynous author has too. Don't expect that page's

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-19 Thread Peter Hoist
> > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleaseProposals > Great list, contains a lot of what I have to say. The fact that debian is laser focused on stable, and does not officially encourage using testing as a rolling release (as evidenced from a couple replies to this email chain), yet there are still peop

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 18 oct 21, 12:29:55, Peter Hoist wrote: > Hi, > > I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reasonably stable and up-to-date > 'rolling' release, and I have to say it satisfies all my desires, almost. > The one thing that bothers me is that every two years, the unstable/testing > branches

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread harryweaver
19 Oct 2021, 05:29 by a...@cityscape.co.uk: > On Mon 18 Oct 2021 at 20:51:04 +0200, harrywea...@tutanota.com wrote: > >> >> >> 19 Oct 2021, 03:13 by g...@wooledge.org: >> >> > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:29:55PM -0400, Peter Hoist wrote: >> > >> >> I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reaso

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread Brian
On Mon 18 Oct 2021 at 20:51:04 +0200, harrywea...@tutanota.com wrote: > > > -- > Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox. > > > > 19 Oct 2021, 03:13 by g...@wooledge.org: > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:29:55PM -0400, Peter Hoist wrote: > > > >> I am enjoying Debian's testing br

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread harryweaver
-- Sent with Tutanota, the secure & ad-free mailbox. 19 Oct 2021, 03:13 by g...@wooledge.org: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:29:55PM -0400, Peter Hoist wrote: > >> I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reasonably stable and up-to-date >> 'rolling' release, >> > > It's not. > >> So the

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread Dan Ritter
Peter Hoist wrote: > I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reasonably stable and up-to-date > 'rolling' release That's not what it is. > , and I have to say it satisfies all my desires, almost. > So the question is, why not cut a release branch every two years, and at > the same time keep t

Re: Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:29:55PM -0400, Peter Hoist wrote: > I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reasonably stable and up-to-date > 'rolling' release, It's not. > So the question is, why not cut a release branch every two years, and at > the same time keep the unstable/testing alive? Y

Debian's branches and release model

2021-10-18 Thread Peter Hoist
Hi, I am enjoying Debian's testing branch as a reasonably stable and up-to-date 'rolling' release, and I have to say it satisfies all my desires, almost. The one thing that bothers me is that every two years, the unstable/testing branches are frozen to certain extent because of the stable releases