[cut-team] Unofficial Debian Monthly Testing Snapshot Release (version 2011.10)

[Michael Gilbert]

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Hi all,

I am pleased to announce the unofficial Debian monthly testing snapshot
release for October 2011 (version 2011.10).  This release is currently
available for i386 and amd64 as iso images downloadable from:

http://alioth.debian.org/~gilbert-guest/snapshots/2011.10/debian-testing-snapshot-2011.10-i386-mini.iso
sha512sum: 01ff749fd76c84b2b60733b934d13597b85d26c80a01fec8486b56fa2d6be460378309ab8134b2ef8ea7b8eafa0f4fcfc57cb2c8997a161643ad2b350efad1a6
http://alioth.debian.org/~gilbert-guest/snapshots/2011.10/debian-testing-snapshot-2011.10-amd64-mini.iso
sha512sum: a118e5bceeb457f536b9232b769f07fc86c421264c7c12b14d1c99696657c5f441fec291e4926e8a219a37bb769f1f22330856c5ce8b95aa43defb15f637260a

These files can be written to CD or DVD media or directly to a USB
stick. Instructions for USB installation can be found here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/squeeze/i386/ch04s03.html.en

IMPORTANT: There will be no inherent security support for these
snapshot releases.  The images do automatically set up testing-security
as an apt source during installation, so any DTSA's (Debian Testing
Security Advisories) will be automatically applied to snapshot
installations. However, the security team does not issue many updates
this way anymore (optioning instead to primarily use unstable uploads
as a means to fix testing). This is an area that could potentially be
improved if there are volunteers interested in this problem. For more
information on current testing security processes, see:
http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/secure-testing/doc/narrative_introduction

Ideally for those wishing to have a mostly security supported system,
the snapshot media will simply be a reliable stepping stone for
installation followed by an upgrade to testing proper, which does
receive quasi-official support from the security team (i.e. uploads to
unstable that transition to testing).

To upgrade from a previous snapshot, change your existing snapshot entries
in /etc/apt/sources.list to:

deb http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20110930T160956Z testing main
deb-src http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20110930T160956Z testing main

Note that upgradability of individual packages isn't necessarily
guaranteed.

Note that this is an unofficial project since it does not come with the
backing or support from Debian as a team, but hopefully that will
change in the future as the concept is proven out.

Anyway, enjoy!

Best wishes,
Mike Gilbert
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