Ubuntu Hardy Alpha

I am running Ubuntu Hardy Alpha on a few machines now (my future
webserver, laptop, and soon to be replacement personal home server).

I want to ask a question just to make sure: every night I do a system
update (aptitude update; aptitude safe-upgrade).

Would it be true to say that on the next day after Ubuntu Hardy
becomes production, I would get the production version through a
routine system update?

I am almost sure that the answer is yes, but I wanted to make sure.

i

On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:34:25 -0500, Ignoramus25581 propped his eyelids
open with toothpicks and wrote:

> I am running Ubuntu Hardy Alpha on a few machines now (my future
> webserver, laptop, and soon to be replacement personal home server).
>
> I want to ask a question just to make sure: every night I do a system
> update (aptitude update; aptitude safe-upgrade).
>
> Would it be true to say that on the next day after Ubuntu Hardy becomes
> production, I would get the production version through a routine system
> update?
>
> I am almost sure that the answer is yes, but I wanted to make sure.
>
> i

I'm not sure that is correct. What if the alpha includes applications/
utilities etc. not included in the production release. Would they be
removed?



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Ignoramus25581 wrote:
> I am running Ubuntu Hardy Alpha on a few machines now (my future
> webserver, laptop, and soon to be replacement personal home server).
>
> I want to ask a question just to make sure: every night I do a system
> update (aptitude update; aptitude safe-upgrade).
>
> Would it be true to say that on the next day after Ubuntu Hardy
> becomes production, I would get the production version through a
> routine system update?
>
> I am almost sure that the answer is yes, but I wanted to make sure.
>
> i

Have you asked this on alt.os.linux.ubuntu?

Jeff

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> On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:34:25 -0500, Ignoramus25581 propped his eyelids
> open with toothpicks and wrote:
[snip]
>> Would it be true to say that on the next day after Ubuntu Hardy becomes
>> production, I would get the production version through a routine system
>> update?
[snip]
> I'm not sure that is correct. What if the alpha includes applications/
> utilities etc. not included in the production release. Would they be
> removed?

Probably not, but as long as they're not available via any repository listed
in your sources.list, aptitude will list those packages in its "obsolete or
locally-created packages" section.

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