On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Russell Nelson wrote: > > Russell> I propose that Debian eliminate the concept of the stable > > Russell> vs unstable distributions, and instead have a > > Russell> meta-package called "stable". If I say "apt-get upgrade > > Russell> stable", that upgrades me to the latest version of > > Russell> stable, which of course also fetches all the packages it > > Russell> depends on. > > > > If I understand correctly, you want to be able to: > > > > apt-get install stable (to install stable) > > apt-get install xyz (to install the latest unstable version of xyz) > > > > the second operation would automatically remove stable - not good... > > No, because stable specifies all its dependencies in terms of ">=x.y". > For people who want the stable distribution, this always works, > because they never install anything that stable doesn't specify. So, > they *always* have exactly what's specified in stable.
If you're thinking of creating a meta-package called 'stable' which depends on the stable version of every package, typing apt-get upgrade stable will install every single package listed therein. Does anyone else have a problem with that? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- #include <disclaimer.h> Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
