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08-28-2012, 03:32 PM
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Registered: Jun 2012
Location: on the Net
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 100
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Anonymo
We're skipping to Slackware 17
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It's about time for another version jump. 
Anyone else remember the jump from Slackware 4 to Slackware 7?
DNA
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08-28-2012, 04:32 PM
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#32
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
Posts: 6,183
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Slackware Infinity - then Pat never needs to change the release number again.
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08-28-2012, 04:54 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Paris, France
Distribution: Slackware-14.0 on a Lenovo T61 6457-4XG
Posts: 2,787
Original Poster
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Brian, as we all know that Slackware is rock solid, do you mean that Pat is in fact Sisyphus under another name and that during -current's brewing we can watch him climbing the hill again?
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08-28-2012, 04:58 PM
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I am pretty sure from now on Slackware releases will be synchronized with Firefox releases. For the record FF is at its 15th release today! Crazy or not?
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08-28-2012, 04:59 PM
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#35
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
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Well, we could have Infinity, Infinity + 1, Infinity + n...Might be better,
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08-28-2012, 05:14 PM
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Registered: May 2004
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All this talk on upcoming versions. I'm still waiting for 5.0.
---------- Post added 08-28-12 at 03:15 PM ----------
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL
Slackware Infinity - then Pat never needs to change the release number again.
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I thought we already have that... it's called -current.
Last edited by josiah; 08-28-2012 at 05:16 PM.
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08-29-2012, 04:59 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
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I thought we already have that... it's called -current.
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That's for testing. For stable we could use the following convention:
- Slackware 13.37 / Slackware64 13.37
- Slackware SR (Stable Release) / Slackware64 Stable Release
- Slackware YASR (Yet Another Stable Release)
- Slackware ESR (Extremely Stable Release)
- Slackware ORATESRR (One Release After The Extremely Stable Release Release)
- Slackware MSTTOSRR (More Stable Than The Original Stable Release Release)
- Slackware MAR (Much Anticipated Release)
- Slackware W(AS)R (Wonderful (And Stable) Release)
Transparent and clean.
Last edited by sycamorex; 08-29-2012 at 07:00 AM.
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08-29-2012, 05:07 AM
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#38
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
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Only two names ever needed:
Slackware TheOneAfterTheOneBefore (stable)
Slackware TheOneTryingStuffThatMightGoIntoTheNextOneAfterTheOneBefore (current)
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08-29-2012, 05:18 AM
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#39
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Senior Member
Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Pisa, Italy
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,950
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TOTSTMGITNATOB is nice!
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08-29-2012, 06:39 AM
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#40
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL
Well, we could have Infinity, Infinity + 1, Infinity + n...Might be better,
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To infinity... and beyond! |
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08-29-2012, 06:41 AM
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#41
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
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How about
Slackware-current
Slackware-AlmostButNotQuiteEntirelyUnlikeCurrent
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08-29-2012, 06:56 AM
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#42
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
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Debian has three branches/versions/whatever, so why not Slackware?
Debian stable == Slackware stable
Debian testing == Slackware current
Debian experimental == Slackware OMGWTFHasHappenedNow!?!?!?
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08-29-2012, 07:04 AM
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#43
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL
Debian has three branches/versions/whatever, so why not Slackware?
Debian stable == Slackware stable
Debian testing == Slackware current
Debian experimental == Slackware OMGWTFHasHappenedNow!?!?!?
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or even:
Slackware stable
Slackware current
Slackware OMGWTFHasHappenedNow!?!?!?
Slackware FeelsLikeWindows |
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08-29-2012, 07:13 AM
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#44
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
Distribution: Laptop: Slackware 14.0 // Desktop: Slackware64 14.0 // Netbook: Slackware 14.0
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Slackware FeelsLikeWindows
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You can get that by running the BSOD screensaver. |
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08-29-2012, 07:20 AM
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Registered: Nov 2003
Distribution: Slackware 14.0
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sycamorex
Slackware FeelsLikeWindows
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Please no
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