On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 11:08:25PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 02:40:28AM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:33:09AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > > > > On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 09:44:22AM +0100, Christoph Berg wrote:
>> > > > > > Re: Bruce Momjian 2013-02-16 <20130216013854.GD12029@momjian.us>
>> > > > > > > I don't think "codename" is really good wording here:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > That's the official Debian/Ubuntu term, though we can certainly use
>> > > > > > something else if it makes things easier for users.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > OK. How do people find their codename?
>> > > >
>> > > > OK, I found the answer:
>> > > >
>> > > > $ lsb_release --short --codename
>> > > > squeeze
>> > >
>> > > Uhm.
>> > >
>> > > $ lsb_release
>> > > No LSB modules are available.
>> >
>> > Uh, that's what I get too. Try it with the arguments I suggested,
>> > please.
>>
>> Oh, what a weird program. Yes, I get "wheezy" with your suggested
>> options.
>
> Adding to this complexity, I just realized that the Ubuntu code names
> are different from the Debian code names, even though Ubuntu is based on
> Debian. Fortunately "lsb_release --short --codename" works on both.
> While most Debian users probably know their code name, I doubt Ubuntu
> users do.
>
> Do we actually create different packages for Debian and Ubuntu?
Yes, but that's just because the dependencies are different versions.
There is no functionality difference in our debian and ubuntu
packages.
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