thanks for the wiki link, it's good to know that some has tried to implement the ideas, which I didn't know existed at all. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis <grbzks@gmail.com>wrote:
Hi,
I've been using Arch since few months and I enjoy using it everyday that goes by. However, during that time, while helping Arch users on the forum, I've encountered some issues concerning upgrades and broken packages. I personally think Arch is stable and well maintained compared to other big distros, but that's a rolling release stability, that lasts only few days or weeks. What I would like Arch developers is to extend the rolling release into a snapshot release of an entire list of officially maintained
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Ali H. Caliskan <ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote: packages,
comprising both core and extra branches. At least it would be a great way of using Arch for 5 to 6 moths and then upgrade to a next snapshot release. I'm not talking about stable releases, just a snapshot of a rolling state. Snapshot releases does also benefit the natural need of closing bugs. Not to mention, it does make it easy to maintain orphaned packages as well.
Regards,
Ali
Hi, it has been discussed many times in the past. Bottom line is, if you want to do that go ahead, the developers wont help you. Meaning this will not be an official project. See http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux_Stable for info about the last time this was attempted. & good luck
-- Greg