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Re: Debian 2.1 (slink)



On Mon, 15 Feb 1999, Eli Marmor wrote:

> My question: What of the following versions is going to be included
> in the slink (2.1) version:
> 
> 1. Kernel 2.2.?
> 2. Samba 2.0.?
> 3. glibc-2.1
> 4. Java 2 for Linux (to be released in a few days).
> 5. GTK+-1.2 + GNOME-1.0 + Enlightenment-DR0.15 (all to be released
>  before end of February).
> 6. BIND-8.2 (currently - a release candidate, an official version
>  will be released soon).

I would guess none of these. That's the whole idea of freezing the
distribution.
They will probably soon be available in the unstable distribution -
potato. 

> I know that there is a code freeze, but I don't know if it covers
> everything, and if it means that the next Debian will be an obsolete
> Linux or up-to-date. After all, nobody wants to wait till the summer
> for 2.2, when the RedHat users will enjoy these exciting revolutions
> since March.

Debian users who are too anxious to wait for a stable release with these
packages can upgrade to the unstable one. This will probably be as stable
as RedHat 6.0, judging from prior experience.
Maintaining a huge distribution, at a very high stability level has it's
costs, no doubt.

Tuvik



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