Trackin' stable vs. releases

[Nick Moffitt]

begin  Alan DuBoff  quotation:
> On Thursday 09 May 2002 11:29 pm, Rick Moen wrote:
> > Actually, the best method of implementing your expressed
> > preference is the one Nick outlined.
> 
> Why, so my apt-get update takes a friggin' year and a half to
> complete?<gd&r>

	But your update will more often than not notice that "stable"
*hasn't changed*, so the time taken will be swamped by the *actual*
download time from testing.

	HTTP does resumes, you know.  If things haven't changed, you
won't download it.  If they have, you want it!

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