Merchant software

[Madison Kelly]

Tyler Aviss wrote:
> This actually brings up something I've been wondering about for awhile.
> 
> Some people often use a specific distribution/version name in their
> sources.list, e.g "etch"
> I've tended to use the alias of "stable" or "unstable" etc. Any
> specific reason one would use the named "etch" instead of stable?
> 
> 
> - TJA

Personally, I prefer the name because 'stable' and similar names are 
moving targets. If you search in a year or two and you saw the name 
'stable' in relation to some data, it may cause confusion.

At least, that's my half-arsed rational. :)

Madi
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