Debian Developers - Re: Release cycle length (was: General Resolution: Force AMD64 into Sarge)

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Re: Release cycle length (was: General Resolution: Force AMD64 into Sarge)

Thiemo Seufer

2004-07-23, 5:53 pm

Andrew Suffield wrote:
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> The latter.
>
> Upgrade == downtime. Downtime every six months -> no.

Then you can do several smaller consecutive upgrades instead of one
large one, as long as security updates are available for the oldest
distribution.

From an administration POV, that's a bit more effort to handle, but
OTOH it makes smooth package upgrades more likely. It trades more
routine work for less breakage potential.

Thiemo