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Although this would undoubtedly be a great feature, Debian works around the lack of it by having packages that actually upgrade without major problems. Sure, it's the harder route, and the rule does have exceptions (98% of which happen only in unstable, and we all know nobody in their right mind upgrades Perl every day on a production machine), but it's (being) done. Feel free to try it:)
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Yeah, you could have just clicked on the link in the previous post, but I felt it would be better to elaborate a bit.:)
The codename for next release is usually picked by the release manager, at the point when the frozen tree gets created. Considering "woody" hasn't been frozen yet, it's not known how the next unstable will be called.
Note that no Netscape packages ship with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 proper; they are included in the `non-free' area of the FTP site, and are not included on the official CDs.
Updated packages can usually be found at the Debian FTP sites, either at security.debian.org or in dists/proposed-updates directory of ftp.debian.org (and mirrors thereof). Most of those packages will be integrated into Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r1 when the time comes (probably in a month or so), and the official CD images will be rebuilt.
BTW the problem with login, shell and exec services not being disabled is a bug caused by some sloppy dependencies in task-x-window-system task-package, which pulls in installation of rstart{,d} packages, which in turn enable those services. It should get corrected soon, too.
In addition to the reasons you stated above, a reason for the government(s) to fight Napster is the tax income they get from each of those CDs sold, compared to what they get from ISPs, which is (I think) much less. The situation somewhat resembles the tobacco industry in this aspect.
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Although this would undoubtedly be a great feature, Debian works around the lack of it by having packages that actually upgrade without major problems. Sure, it's the harder route, and the rule does have exceptions (98% of which happen only in unstable, and we all know nobody in their right mind upgrades Perl every day on a production machine), but it's (being) done. Feel free to try it :)
Do you think anything will change in your social life because of your activity in this community? Better yet, do you want anything to change?
Yeah, you could have just clicked on the link in the previous post, but I felt it would be better to elaborate a bit. :)
The codename for next release is usually picked by the release manager, at the point when the frozen tree gets created. Considering "woody" hasn't been frozen yet, it's not known how the next unstable will be called.
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Note that no Netscape packages ship with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 proper; they are included in the `non-free' area of the FTP site, and are not included on the official CDs.
Updated packages can usually be found at the Debian FTP sites, either at security.debian.org or in dists/proposed-updates directory of ftp.debian.org (and mirrors thereof). Most of those packages will be integrated into Debian GNU/Linux 2.2r1 when the time comes (probably in a month or so), and the official CD images will be rebuilt.
BTW the problem with login, shell and exec services not being disabled is a bug caused by some sloppy dependencies in task-x-window-system task-package, which pulls in installation of rstart{,d} packages, which in turn enable those services. It should get corrected soon, too.
Because we all know Debian owns you d;o)
In addition to the reasons you stated above, a reason for the government(s) to fight Napster is the tax income they get from each of those CDs sold, compared to what they get from ISPs, which is (I think) much less. The situation somewhat resembles the tobacco industry in this aspect.