[EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Engel) wrote on 21.10.95 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Have two directory trees: 1) one for the current stable debian release (a > > snapshot), and 2) one for the latest versions of packages. > > > > Call (1) "debian" or "stable". It is actually a re-bindable symlink to a > > versioned directory, like "debian-0.93R6" or "debian-0.93R6-stable" > > > > Call (2) "latest" or at most "debian-latest". It has the current > > state-of-the-art versions of packages that are compatible with the > > "stable" version. It includes a *complete* set of packages; those > > packages which have not been changed since the "stable" version, are just > > symlinks to the stable version. ... > > This is close to what I'd like to see. The change I would make though > is to use hard links instead of symlinks. The reason is that I > privately mirror the binary directories and using symlinks would mean > I would have to mirror both the snapshot and current hierarchies when > I really only want the current one. However, that means people who use mirror to keep a copy of the whole thing will get the packages twice. Not good! MfG Kai
