--On Fri, Nov 20, 1998 6:45 pm +0100 "Christian Meder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I was discussing with Brian if we could get frozen for release on Sparc > for 2.1. His answer was that if we are almost ready now for release we could > get the freeze. > > What's the concensus here ? > > IMHO apart from recompiling applications there's only intensive testing > and the bootdisks left as major showstoppers. The kernel is a minor problem > but one we won't be able to solve before release. Well, the problem is we are *very* behind on packages. In fact, we are 840 packages behind. I have just installed roman hodek & james troup's buildd system on my sparc 2, and it is just beginning to compile - but I would estimate it is at least a CPU-week away from bringing sparc up-to-date with i386 slink. Also, it's actually heading for an unstable (potato) target in any case.... My inclination is not to release, since I don't think we're ready. However, that's partly influenced by the fact that I have a very good net connection, so I don't feel the need for CDs. (indeed, I don't have a CD-ROM drive anyway :-) Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | Debian GNU/Linux - "Microsoft *does* have a year 2000 problem - | | and we're it!" (paraphrased from IRC) | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
