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I think we should have versioned repos. Just like slackware. Well, if we follow the "100% in sync with slack" thing, we'll have to do that. But I have seen too many problems with broken installations in Zenwalk with users upgrading to current, while not knowing that current has been upgraded.

gapan wrote:But I have seen too many problems with broken installations in Zenwalk with users upgrading to current, while not knowing that current has been upgraded.

Good point!

I work on upgrade scripts for Zenwalk so I know the problem. This is not trivial (as in any other distro). But if we think of it from the start, it could be easier.

How should the repos be named?

Slackware:
xx.x -> stable
current -> unstable
testing -> highly unstable

Zenwalk:
current -> stable
snapshot -> unstable

I'd prefer something like:
xx.x -> stable (these links should be in the package managers)
stable (= link to latest stable version xx.x)
current -> unstable
testing -> highly unstable (a special repository with svn versions of special software that is already available in stable/current. Only possible with a package manager that can handle multiple repositories)