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 From: steve@einval.com 
  
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 Hey all, 
  
 I planned to mention this in the images team BoF at DebConf, but 
 forgot in the mass of other discussion there. 
  
 For a very long time, we've been including *update* images alongside 
 each point release of Debian installer images. These update images 
 contain *just* the changed binary and source packages from release 0 
 in each major release series, up to the current point release. e.g.: 
  
  * in 12.0.0 there were no update images (not a point release) 
  * in 12.1.0 the update images contained the bits added since 12.0.0 
  * in 12.2.0 the update images contained the bits added since 12.0.0 
    (so the new bits added in 12.1.0 and 12.2.0) 
  
 These update images are designed to extend an existing full set of 
 DVD/BD discs, to save people having to replace the whole set when 
 newer packages are added in a point release. 
  
 So, that's the background... 
  
 I've not had any feedback in a *very* long time to say that anybody is 
 actually using the update images. Hence, I'm planning on dropping them 
 for trixie (including the 13.1 point release we're doing today!). I'll 
 keep producing them for the bookworm series until it finishes, as I 
 don't want to change things in the middle of a stable series. 
  
 ***TELL US NOW*** if you're still using the update images and they 
 matter to you. Otherwise they'll go away. 
  
 Cheers, 
  
 Steve 
  
 -- 
 Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval. 
 com 
 "Managing a volunteer open source project is a lot like herding 
  kittens, except the kittens randomly appear and disappear because they 
  have day jobs." -- Matt Mackall 
  
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