Re: potato late, goals for woody (IMHO)
--- Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2000 at 06:51:03AM -0700, Kenneth
> Scharf wrote:
> > My god! it's been over a year since slink was
> released
> > and potato is still frozen. Yes, I agree don't
> > release it till all the bugs are gone. However
> may I
> > suggest something. After potato is stable, and
> the
> > 2.4 kernel is out (feature)freeze woody at at once
> > with the new kernel and start the release process
> for
> > woody. This will allow Debian to play catch up
> with
> > the rest of the (linux) world.
>
> I disagree. We need several things for woody before
> release, IMO. Glibc
> 2.2, gcc3(maybe even with libstdc++3), binutils
> 2.10, *and* kernel 2.4.
>
> If we freeze woody immediately, only thing we get is
> an unstable kernel
> (since everyone knows the kernels don't settle in
> till a x.x.5 release or
> higher).
>
Good point I didn't realize that new libs were in the
offering (again). Still there will be pressure for
"Potato and a half". Yes the package pools mentioned
are a good idea. Also please those that pioneer the
use of new kernels ***please*** document your efforts
so others may follow. Let us know what packages,
scripts, etc must change to go to 2.4.x when it
happens. Maybe a 'task package' for such an upgrade
(don't know where it would belong though). There are
things in the offering for 2.4 that will become
necessary (such as real USB support) for many of us.
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