Re: Code Freeze for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has begun

[Oscar Levi <elf@buici.com>]

I uploaded release-critical bug fixes last week to the unstable
distribution.  I believe only one of them was incorporated into
potato.  Do I need to upload again to the freeze distribution?

On Sun, Jan 16, 2000 at 05:33:04PM +0100, Martin Schulze wrote:
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> January 16, 2000
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> The Code Freeze for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 has begun
> 
> "The code freeze for the next Debian release, code named "potato", has
> begun", says Richard Braakman, current Debian Release Manager.  He
> expects the freeze process to take about two months.
> 
> Until the new version is released, there will be three distributions
> available on our servers: `stable', `frozen', and the new `unstable'.
> 
> "The new `unstable' distribution, code named »woody«[1], was created
> today", continues Richard.  The `frozen' and `unstable' distributions
> start out with the same set of packages.  While `unstable' will be
> updated rapidly, `frozen' will have only bugfixes applied in
> preparation for its release.
> 
> [1] Debian releases are code-named after characters from the movie Toy
> Story.  Woody is the main character, the cowboy action figure.
> 
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