On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 09:56:47AM -0800, Doug Jolley wrote: > Hypothetically, let's say that the latest released version is 'Yawn' and the > next version to be released is 'BleedingEdge'. So, put differently, > BleedingEdge is currently under development and development work has been > completed on Yawn. As the development work is proceeding on BleedingEdge, > does Yawn receive security updates and bug fixes? If so, how long does this > policy of providing security updates and bug fixes to Yawn continue?
Umm, no - that's not a rolling release cycle. With the arch rolling releases, each package is updated as needed. If version XYZ comes out, that package is updated as soon as possible, and all users can download it freely. In the case of 'Yawn' and 'BleedingEdge', by the time 'BleedingEdge' is released, you will already have everything that it contains after a pacman -Syu. For more clarification, there are no "releases" in the traditional sense - each new release is nothing more than a new installer and a new ISO containing the most up-to-date packages. Considering that, if you already have arch installed, and the only update is a new installer, there's no need to ever reinstall - this is not debian. I'm sure this is all explained in the wiki and on the about page, though. - phrak _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
