[Malvern] What next ?

Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore stuart at sslaxx.demon.co.uk
Sun Apr 8 17:16:27 BST 2007


Geoff Bagley wrote:
> Chris Eilbeck wrote: ... Etch has become stable then? Here's waiting for 
> 954Mb to download. 
> Hi gang.
> 
> I have four machines here pretty well up to date with Etch alias 4.0.
> All my /apt/sources.list s  (plural)  still point to "testing",  which I 
> guess will soon be Lenny.
> 
> Should I alter /etc/apt/sources.list  to point to "stable",  (at least 
> for my son's and Lynda's  boxes), or leave them all on "testing" ? I 
> think they might prefer a period of shake-down. 
> I guess all the mirrors are going to be busy too !
> 
> The main impact will probably be on installer discs. The ones which are 
> up-and-running
> (I guess) won't be greatly affected, apart from apt-get update operations.
> 
> What is the betting that the various magazines will soon have Debian 4.0 
> on their DVDs ?
> 
> Any views please ?

Depends on whether or not you want to stick with Etch/Stable, or go with 
Lenny/Testing. Dunno if work on Lenny will start any time soon, but when 
it does it may not be entirely stable.

-- 
Stuart "Sslaxx" Moore
http://sslaxx.livejournal.com/



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