Date: 13 Mar 1998 05:17:14 -0000
From: bruce@debian.org
To: debian-announce@lists.debian.org
Subject: DEBIAN NEWS

DEBIAN NEWS

Debian 2.0 In Code Freeze.
Death of Dselect Predicted!
Debian Unveils New User-Maintained FAQ, Seeks Users as Moderators.

DEBIAN UNVEILS NEW USER-MAINTAINED FAQ, SEEKS USERS AS MODERATORS.

Debian's new user-maintained "Frequently-asked-Questions" at
http://www.debian.org/cgi-bin/fom is special in that it is written
primarily by Debian users, not developers. This is a place to put the
things you find out about your own system, so that other users will
profit from your experience. Any user can submit an answer - to learn
how, go to the FAQ and click on "About this FAQ", then "How do I add
answers?". We need moderators to read user submissions and approve them
for inclusion in the FAQ. Each section of the FAQ can have its own
moderator, so you can specialize in what interests you. If you'd like
to volunteer, please write Igor Grobman <igor@debian.org> .

DEBIAN 2.0 IN CODE-FREEZE.

Debian 2.0 is now in code-freeze, and large-scale testing is beginning.
Most of the developers have already upgraded. If you like to live on the
wild side and try not-fully-tested software, an automatic upgrade script
can be found in the "Developer's Corner" of our web page. It's going to
take at least 3 CDs to distribute the source and binaries of this release.
We expect to make several releases in rapid sequence after this one. 2.0
covers LIBC 6 (GNU LIBC 2), 2.1 should incorporate the new package tool,
subsequent releases will include ease-of-use improvements and bug-fixes.

DEATH OF DSELECT PREDICTED!

"Dselect", Debian's package administration front-end, is to be replaced by
a tool currently code-named "Deity". Much of the critical functionality
of Deity is working now, and an experimental prototype is available to
try with Debian 2.0 now, and should be fully useful by the time 2.0 is
released. We expect it to be the primary package interface in Debian 2.1 .
"Deity" is significantly more powerful than "dselect" or tools in other
distributions, and also easier to use and less prone to fail. It currently
drives installation of Debian packages, and will eventually be expanded
to include RPM packages, POSIX packages, and possibly other standards.
The tool is GPL-ed, and we intend for it to eventually become the standard
package tool of _all_ Linux distributions. "Dselect" will continue to
be supported through several releases.

	Thanks

	Bruce Perens



--
E-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-announce-request@lists.debian.org
TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST. Trouble? E-mail to listmaster@lists.debian.org