[plug] Linuxwa.com.au - Debian

[James Elliott]

Thanks Tony

Where is the best place to get the latest version of Woody?

Kind regards,

James Elliott
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima" <tony at cantech.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Linuxwa.com.au - Debian


> On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, James Elliott wrote:
>
> > I was wondering how the latest table version of Debian was going?   Last
> > time we spoke it was only weeks away - has it arrived yet?
>
> I'm (obviously) not Chris and I don't work for LSWA.
> However, woody (the collection of files that  will soon be known as
"stable"),
> has no frim release date. It will not be releaseed until it is ready.  As
such
> it is not possible to get CDs' of woody (as stable) until that date.
>
> You can (if LSWA make them) get snapshots of woody as it stands now.
> secure in the knowledge that woody (once relesed) will be nearly identical
> to what is on the CD's today.  Once you have debian installed it would be
a
> simple process to upgrade to woody (as stable) when it is released.
>
> I do not suggest doing this from potato 2.2r7, as the upgrade to woody is
> big (in terms of disk space and downloads).
>
> HTH.
>
> Yours Tony
>
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