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lumiwa

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Registered: 2005-12-26

Posts: 712

Gimmick

Hi!

I rebooted computer and now I have Arch Linux 0.7.2 (Gimmick)

Mitja

mindtriggerz

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Registered: 2004-07-06

Posts: 31

Re: Gimmick

I can only surmise that a release is immenant.
And I can't spell.

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Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: Gimmick

That's just because initscripts was updated to 0.7.2-1. From my past experience, a release might not be as immanent as you think.

s0lar

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Registered: 2005-05-19

Posts: 56

Re: Gimmick

ftp://ftp.estpak.ee/pub/archlinux/0.7.2/iso/i686/
I tried it and it is a new release.

myst

Member

From: Brest, Belarus

Registered: 2006-01-30

Posts: 54

Re: Gimmick

Are you sure it isn't a beta?

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jakob

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From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-10-27

Posts: 419

Re: Gimmick

arch-0.7.2-ftp.iso    ISO    12,262 KB    2006.05.04 16:54:00

Looks like someone started to upload the ISO, then found a mistake und stopped the upload...

brain0

Developer

From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: Gimmick

I think it looks like a CD install only image.

JGC

Developer

Registered: 2003-12-03

Posts: 1,664

Re: Gimmick

It's a prerelease of the 0.7.2 FTP installer. This installer was made because an installer is never up2date and it's easier to test a small 15MB installer than a huge 300MB installer with everything included.

jakob

Member

From: Berlin

Registered: 2005-10-27

Posts: 419

Re: Gimmick

lol ok I mixed up english comma-writing with german. I thought, the file was 12 KB big, not 12 Megs...

Chman

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Registered: 2006-01-31

Posts: 169

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Re: Gimmick

I used this tiny 0.7.2 install iso last week end, works great

EAD

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Registered: 2006-03-11

Posts: 255

Re: Gimmick

So, is it for real?
and does users of 0.71 will notice it?

mezoko

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Registered: 2005-03-26

Posts: 310

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Re: Gimmick

You should release such a small iso too, officially for every new release.

I agree! Cheers!

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pelle.k

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From: Åre, Sweden (EU)

Registered: 2006-04-30

Posts: 667

Re: Gimmick

So why is it not official yet? I >seem< to have upgraded to gimmick without knowing it too...

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 12,272

Re: Gimmick

The same happened with 0.7.1. Noodle

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mezoko

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Registered: 2005-03-26

Posts: 310

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Re: Gimmick

So why is it not official yet? I >seem<to> 0.7.2-2)

-> From pacman.log, which upgrades the version number in a few files.

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iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: Gimmick

Remember guys, Arch uses a rolling release system. This means that a 'release' is just a 'snapshot' of the repositories at once stage in time.

As it has yet to be released, that snapshot has yet to be done.

So a release in a rolling distro isnt quite a big deal, it's not like you're 'upgrading' to a release, it's just what you would get if you'd Sy'ed anyway.

Why isnt it official yet? the snapshot hasnt been taken.

James

mezoko

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Registered: 2005-03-26

Posts: 310

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Re: Gimmick

^^
After a pacman -Syu, everything should be changed to 0.7.2, if not file a bug report.

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Gimmick

After pacman -Syu I get 0.7.2 Gimmick? Or there is still 0.7.1 label after boot?

All the boot message shows is the current version of initscripts you have installed.

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Gimmick

filesystem, not initscripts

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Gimmick

filesystem, not initscripts

Oops. Yep, it's filesystem not initscripts.  :oops:

brain0

Developer

From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: Gimmick

actually it's both.

FrankTM

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From: Zwolle, Netherlands

Registered: 2006-02-19

Posts: 26

Re: Gimmick

it did update properly, few days ago

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ScriptDevil

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From: In Front of My PC

Registered: 2006-04-06

Posts: 253

Re: Gimmick

Lets drink for the health of Arch

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ihavenoname

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Registered: 2006-01-09

Posts: 198

Re: Gimmick

I love how this is a rolling release distro! First off it saves cds (I make my own back-ups ocasionally..but im not forced to in order to use the "best" stuff
like in Fedora or Suse) My god this is a great distro! ..sry I was just overcome by emotion there.

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murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Re: Gimmick

So what defines what release you have.  If it's only a set of packages, then anyone who runs 'pacman -Syu' will have Gimmick?   I was looking at the stats for archstats and the lowest release is 0.4.  Has that computer just never been updated?

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