[arch-general] On rolling release system and its benefits.

[Ali H. Caliskan]

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 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Ali H. Caliskan
> <ali.h.caliskan at 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
> 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
>