[cut-team] Article about CUT

[Adnan Hodzic]

Hey Michael,

> You may want to review some of the recent discussion on this list from
> February to understand the decisions for this naming.  Currently CUT is
> many things to many people (see Raphael Herzog's article on LWN for one
> particular perspective). To avoid unintentionally focusing the "CUT"
> meme into one specific thing, it was decided to not call snapshot
> releases by that name.  Keep in mind also that these are an
> unofficial/development thing right now.

Yes, I have read Raphael's article, and am treating it as
unofficial/development thing.

> It's good to hear that this release worked well for you.  I am somewhat
> surprised that your sources have squeeze instead of wheezy.  I will
> need to look into that.

Now that I look at it, everywhere I look it's still being called Squeeze.

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Debian
Description:	Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (squeeze)
Release:	6.0
Codename:	squeeze

cat /etc/debian_version
6.0

> These releases are a very static approach; there will be zero updates
> over the course of the month (except for DTSA's uploaded to
> testing-security).
>
> As I mentioned in the announcement, for those that want to stay up to
> date, the snapshot releases will be useful as a constantly working
> installer, which can then be upgraded to testing propper.

Perfectly clear, just wanted to make sure.


Thanks,

Adnan

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Michael Gilbert
<michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:22:41 +0100 Adnan Hodzic wrote:
>
>> Hey,
>>
>> I love the idea behind CUT, and would even like to help with
>> realization of one such project in future. Regardless, I want to write
>> article for Debian column on OMG! Ubuntu regarding Debian CUT, to
>> spread awareness about this project, since as it seems not even Debian
>> community is familiar with its existence:
>> http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/150
>>
>> But I have couple of questions regarding the uncertainties I have:
>>
>> #1. Is it still called Debian CUT?
>>
>> I'm asking this because just recently first snapshot was released as
>> "Unofficial Debian Monthly Testing Snapshot Release (version 2011.03
>> final)"
>
> Hi Adnan,
>
> You may want to review some of the recent discussion on this list from
> February to understand the decisions for this naming.  Currently CUT is
> many things to many people (see Raphael Herzog's article on LWN for one
> particular perspective). To avoid unintentionally focusing the "CUT"
> meme into one specific thing, it was decided to not call snapshot
> releases by that name.  Keep in mind also that these are an
> unofficial/development thing right now.
>
> Others have bigger plans for the meme, and perhaps they will want to
> chime in with their broader perspective here.
>
>> #2. Is there an official logo for CUT/different from Debian in any way?
>>
>> #3. Once you have snapshot installed, everything works fine and all,
>> but this is what my apt sources.list look like:
>> http://paste.debian.net/plain/110928
>
> It's good to hear that this release worked well for you.  I am somewhat
> surprised that your sources have squeeze instead of wheezy.  I will
> need to look into that.
>
>> How was update process planned? Is it even possible to get updates for
>> CUT, unless new snapshot is released? Or you have to manually change
>> your sources.list to get regular "testing" packages.
>
> These releases are a very static approach; there will be zero updates
> over the course of the month (except for DTSA's uploaded to
> testing-security).
>
> As I mentioned in the announcement, for those that want to stay up to
> date, the snapshot releases will be useful as a constantly working
> installer, which can then be upgraded to testing propper.
>
> Best wishes,
> Mike
>