Debian 2.2 Potato Is Stable

batsman was among the countless folks to announce that Potato is now Stable... i.e., Debian 2.2 has been released. The ISO is available, but I'm not linking (not because I'm an elitist (although I am) but to at least try to let the mirrors do their thing). No official word outside of mailing lists, but the 'stable' directory is now Potato. Congrats to all the ever slaving Debian developers... time to dist-upgrade those boxes that aren't already running woody! It's official now since the release is on Debian's site *grin*

Comments

I really like debian's release system.

[evilned]

Ok, there are gonna be alot of people bitching about how slow debian is on releases. Well, if you are gonna run a server, running the latest and greatest is a bad idea. With the long testing periods, when a release makes stable, you know damn well its stable. As for those who want to be on the bleeding edge, there is the unstable directory. I run stable on anything like a server, but on my personal machine, where I like to play with the latest Helixcode gnome, the unstable is great. Debian's release system give you the information so that you can make a somewhat informed decision on stability vs. being current, and I appreciate that.

Re:I really like debian's release system.

[timmyd]

most people don't run dselect. apt-get is the utility of choice for some. here is a small guide.

• add deb location and woody/potato to /etc/apt/sources.list
• type apt-get update for a list of packages
• type apt-get install program-name to install a program
• type apt-get remove program-name to remove a program
• type apt-cache search substring to search for packages
• type apt-cache show package-name to show info about a package
• apt-get upgrade to get all the latest ones

unlike dselect, apt doesn't fool with all the suggested packages and just gets the ones you need

Potato install guide

[Greg W.]

For those who are new to this, please start by reading the potato install guide. I seriously doubt that pre-burned CDs are available yet, but network installations should be possible.

The main web page (www.debian.org) still isn't updated, but we can't have everything, can we? ;-)

useful links

[semis]

Full list of mirrors: http://www.debian.org/misc/README.mirrors

The (mirrored) official announcement from Martin Schulze: http://www.ids.org.au/ian/potato- announcement.txt.

Remeber, irc.debian.org (open projects) #debian, and #mashpotato for support.
And remember, before asking anything, '/msg apt install guide' !

Also, mark_, netsnipe, and raja have worked hard to bring you MashPotato (The Mobile Array of Support Helpers for Potato ), visit the website: http://www.linuxgiant.com/debian/

Enjoy!

Re:One reason *not* to link ...

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Hey, if you are in Poland, you're probably doing something else with potatoes anyway. ;-)

Am I missing something?

[Lion-O]

Everyone is talking about stable potato's. What ever happened to the "Joel 'Espy' Klecker" release (also peek at the Debian site? Is your memory (pointed at the posters in here who referred to Potato) really that short termed? Its not potato thats gone stable; its espy.

-Personal rant ON-
This makes me kinda sick. Even though I don't know Espy, never chatted with 'm and heard from him when he passed away, I really have a strange feeling after reading the /. story about his death and all the comments on it. Everyone sympathized yet no one is able to remeber the posting for even 1 month? Do a search on 'Espy' on this page and it turns out to nothing. Thats a strange way of showing that you sympathized with the going ons IMVHO.
-Personal rant OFF-