Re: [Devel] Re: Doc for Skolelinux

[Herman Robak <herman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 19:07, Hilaire Fernandes wrote:

> Le mer 08/01/2003 à 17:25, Petter Reinholdtsen a écrit :
> > (And please join us on devel@xxxx)
> 
> Thank for the URL ...

 It's a mail address.  devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx is the English
"fork" of linuxiskolen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, the original developer
and advocacy mailing list for "Linux i skolen".

> ... I will join you on that one! I couldn't see it at the
> skolelinux web site, then I was desperate to find no suitable place to
> chat about skolelinux :-/

 You can subscribe to the mailing lists here:
<https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/>
<https://init.linpro.no/mailman/skolelinux.no/listinfo/devel>
You will also find the list archives there.


> I was believing Skolelinux iso was updated daily but the one I download
> has old package (for exemple drgenius 0.5.15 instead of 0.7.1). Did I
> fetch the wrong iso or did I misunderstand?

 0.5.15 is the version found in Debian Woody; the _stable release_
of Debian GNU/Linux.  (nitpick: Debian GNU/Hurd is a part of Woody,
too.  If you don't know what the Hurd is, don't worry. :-)

 Skolelinux is based on Debian Woody, which was frozen in the summer
of 2002.  The next release will be called "Sarge".  You can use Sarge
already now; it's currently called "testing", while Woody is "stable".
When Sarge approaches release, Skolelinux will switch to Sarge.

 Debian maintains three development stages: stable, testing and
unstable.  Stable is always old, well-tested and in production
quality.  Testing is fairly up to date, rapidly changing, not 
very well tested and not really in production quality.  Unstable
is at the cutting edge, and not very reliable!

 You can choose which stage to install and use, depending on your
needs and skills.  Unstable is not for the faint of heart, while
stable "just works".  In stable nothing changes, except securtiy
upgrades.  That makes stable suitable for people with slow or
expensive Internet connections.

-- 
 Herman Robak