Debian 3.0 (Woody) May 1? 335
dex@ruunat noted that this morning, in a message to the debian-devel-announce mailing list, Anthony Towns, Debian's Release Manager, wrote: "I'm becoming increasingly confident in woody's release
readiness. So, to go out on a limb: Debian 3.0 (codenamed woody) will release on May 1st, 2002."
Congrats to all the debheads putting this thing together. I have a blank
CDR waiting ;)
Re:Blank CD-R? (Score:5, Informative)
Why bother downloading 8 images when most of the stuff isn't going to be used? Well, I speak for myself there... I need a portion of the distro. Use 1 disk to boot from, and then apt-get what I need. Which reminds, I need to clean out some 530MB from
Re:The only complaint I have about Debian (Score:1, Informative)
Re:I have the way out! (Score:2, Informative)
Oh, and you missed a step
3.5 - Go to local PC shop, and buy a copy of Windows XP Professional for the princely sum of $296.99 (not the upgrade).
Alternatively you could spend the same money on Blank CD-R's (going by Amazons prices, I estimate you could get about 740) and burn many many copies of Linux for you and your friends
If you were REALLY against free software, you could even sell them at $1/CD and you would make a tidy profit.
Re:Blank CD-R? (Score:3, Informative)
The first netinst cd for debian that I ever saw was here [debian.org]. Now, we also have this one [debian.org] and this one [sourceforge.net].
Use a Netinst Image! (Score:4, Informative)
It's about 30MB, and only retrieves the necessary packages off of the internet / other sources.
Re:Hurry! (Score:2, Informative)
What you won't get in woody... (Score:3, Informative)
-KDE 3.0
-Apache 2.0
-XFree 4.2
Not good, eh?
Re:What you won't get in woody... (Score:5, Informative)
KDE3 is not yet tested enough for a Debian stable release, trust me. Neither are the debs, packaging issues can play a significant part in some problems. I'm personally waiting for 3.0.1 or 3.0.2 before I start deploying it throughout work, although I tracked KDE3 CVS for some time at home (I can deal with segfaults, and it makes it easier to package if you only have to make slight changes every time, instead of being hit with one big lot in the tarballs).
apache2 is NOT NOT NOT ready for prime time. I would not deploy this in a Debian stable release; luckily, neither would Thom. When I maintained it, I always said it would wait until after woody, and luckily it will. The GA was only announced today, and so Thom would have to upload it as NEW, which means it wouldn't make it into woody, even if it could. Even offering it side-by-side with Apache 1.3.x in a stable series is irresponsible.
As for XFree86 4.2, Branden's been too busy with fixing up 4.1.x to do 4.2.x well. XFree86 is one of those dead core packages that need to just WORK every single time, and cannot screw up. There was never enough time to give it the thrashing it needs; I think that having XF4.1.x in a stable series is a pretty sweet effort; Branden deserves a pat on the back. He has a reputation for quality, well-tested packages, and I somehow doubt he'd shatter that this close to a release. Plus, we'd all rip his arms off and beat him to death with the limp end if he did.
Thanks for listing the good points of Woody.
Re:Does anybody know what happened to the pine src (Score:3, Informative)
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/editors/nan
"GNU nano is a free replacement for Pico, the default Pine editor. Pine is copyrighted under a slightly restrictive license, that makes it unsuitable for Debian's main section. GNU nano is an effort to provide a Pico-like editor, but also includes some features that were missing in the original, such as 'search and replace', 'goto line' or internationalization support. As it's written from scratch, it's smaller and faster.
"
Re:Hurry! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:I can say one thing for them (Score:3, Informative)
Try here [linuxpackages.net]. They have a good repository of recent stuff bundled as Slackware
Re:vs Mandrake ? (Score:3, Informative)
Debian is different in that:
I started with RedHat and Mandrake back four years ago. Went to Slackware so I could get things configured the way I wanted them. And ended up at Debian because it was the best of both worlds.
Generally, if Debian-Stable is too slow for you, run Testing or Unstable. That will get you the very best of the bleeding edge software, along with all the bloodshed that goes along with it.
I have been running with Testing for about a year plus. Last month I was really disgusted with Debian. After looking at the other Distros out there. Debian still rocks!!!
Re:The only complaint I have about Debian (Score:5, Informative)
This is the package management interface that debian's been waiting for, IMHO.
[another alternative is `deity' (ne `console-apt'), but though it's rather colorful, the UI basically sucks; aptitude is much better.]
Re:vs Mandrake ? (Score:4, Informative)
The ideal is to have both Debian and Mandrake. That way you can take your time learning Debian.
Re:Version numbering? (Score:2, Informative)
Re:The only complaint I have about Debian (Score:5, Informative)
Non-X86 ports are the major holdup (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Does anybody know what happened to the pine src (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I want journalled filesystems on Debian! (Score:2, Informative)
As mentioned in the faq, you need a system that supports "ElTorito" to get this menu. Your options are to edit the CD-image so it boots from bf as default, download the floppies, or install 2.2 and upgrade. You don't need to compile the kernel, btw, you can just use dselect, and select one of the many precompiled 2.4 packages.
I have used various Redhat and Mandrake versions for the last 3 years, but recently switched to Debian, and have never looked back.
Re:Version numbering? (Score:2, Informative)
"As you've noticed by a careful analysis of the subject line, the woody release will be numbered Debian 3.0, in recognition of the large number of changes made since potato. This is, to put it mildly, a somewhat controversial decision, but it's one I get to make."
So, while the change from 2.2 to 3.0 indeed indicates that this release includes major changes, this is may not be the opinion of a majority of all debian developers.
Personally, I think that many things have been changed since potato, and it's appropriate to call the new version 3.0. And I agree with Anthony in the following sentence: I think by the time it's released it'll easily live up to that number -- and by that I mean the "3", not the ".0".
Re:I want journalled filesystems on Debian! (Score:5, Informative)
Here is the url to take you directly to the bootable 2.4 disk images.
http://http.us.debian.org/dists/woody/main/disks-
ISO images for woody aren't provided yet since the package list is currently changing; however, the instructions on the debian CD site and the scripts there will make you an ISO of this unrelased software easily. If that's not enough for you you can try some premade images from a source like http://www.linuxiso.org/debian.html [linuxiso.org] Hell, there's even DVD images floating around. You can buy a preburned one here: http://www.linux-cd.com/store/cgi/store.cgi?clien
Premade ISO's won't be available for woody until it is released. "Official" ISO's are available for previous relases from the official site at http://www.debian.org/CD/ [debian.org]. Minimal images designed to replace a set of boot floppies, "netinst" cd's, are also linked to from that site at http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ [debian.org]
I find it ironic that you seem to be capable of writing a novella about how inept you are at reading. You seem to know exactly what you want, but since www.debian.org doesn't show it to you in big bold letters on the front of the page, why you didn't click on the search button is entirely beyond my comprehension.
I will give to one of your points: that the default installer can be improved. For the woody release, it was decided "if it ain't broke don't fix it." The next release will contain a better one. If you really can't wait, make a woody netinst cd with the Progeny installer. Or can you not type "apt-get install pgi" successfully? Someone will probably make one of these available with the progeny installer after woody's release.
Think you can put together a better debian website? Why don't you sign up [debian.org]?
Re:but when will we see.. (Score:2, Informative)
Mozilla 0.9.9 (is 1.0.0 even released?)
GNOME 1.4, and also GLib/GTK 2.0
KDE 2.2.2, with KDE3 debs to separately available
Apache 1.3.x, because apache2 isn't close to being production-ready
XFree86 4.1.x
Kernel 2.4.x has been here since the dawn of time
I think you're bark^Wlooking up the wrong tree (har har har). Try seeing what woody actually has, some day.
Re:What you won't get in woody... (Score:5, Informative)
As for XFree86 4.2, Branden's been too busy with fixing up 4.1.x to do 4.2.x well. XFree86 is one of those dead core packages that need to just WORK every single time, and cannot screw up. There was never enough time to give it the thrashing it needs; I think that having XF4.1.x in a stable series is a pretty sweet effort; Branden deserves a pat on the back.
Well, I myself am not exactly thrilled that woody won't have 4.2 in it, but:
So, that's why XFree86 4.2 isn't in woody.
Re:What you won't get in woody... (Score:3, Informative)
Slackware, on the other hand, compiles XFree, tars it up, and puts it on the CD. It does not have to be maintained, patched, updated, or tested. This is ok, if that's what you want, but Debian does a lot of work and a lot of changes, and it can require a lot of testing.
This is why Debian is widely regarded as a quality distro. No releasing alpha software in stable releases, no jumping version numbers to look competetive, just code, quality code, quality distro. Slackware lets you worry about that on your own.
--Dan