Re: [gentoo-user] from 2005.0 to 2005.1

[Craig Zeigler <craig@cfrscca.net>]

Eugene Rosenzweig wrote:

> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:47:13 +1000, Eugene Rosenzweig wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>> I wish there were Release Notes supplied with the announcement of 
>>> the new release to satisfy curiosity of what is new/different in this
>>> release.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Gentoo doesn't really have releases, except for the installation discs,
>> so this would be meaningless. Except when a profile is deprecated, and
>> 1.4 was the last to do that, your system is whatever was in portage the
>> last time you synced and updated.
>>  
>>
> From the website:
> The Gentoo Foundation is both pleased and proud to announce the much 
> anticipated release of *Gentoo Linux 2005.1* (Codename: 'El Nino'). 
> The iso images for the release can be found by visiting the Get 
> Gentoo! <http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml> page.
>
> Fooled me with the word 'release' in that sentence. Its even got a 
> codename. You know something is a proper release if its got a 
> codename... :) It is referring to installation iso I guess. Still, 
> even though it is not a true release in, eh, truer meaning of the word 
> 'release', whatever it is in Linux distro world, it would still be 
> nice to have Release Notes with some info on whats new/changed.
>
> Eugene.
>
>
If the developers bothered to write stuff like that for every package 
(most of them have changelogs BTW) Gentoo would be like Debian.. years 
between releases
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