On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 08:33:40PM +0200, Carlo Wood wrote: > On Tue, Jun 19, 2007 at 05:54:56PM +0000, Gerrit Pape wrote: > > Hi Carlo, we usually don't include new upstream versions into a Debian > > stable release. For some packages this might seem bad, for some it's > > definitely good. Overall it helps the quality of a Debian stable > > release during its lifetime. > > Well, there is nothing you can do about etch anymore anyway, > my request was for 'testing'. > > > The recent versions of git are included in the unstable distribution, > > and after some delay in the testing distribution too. > > Does there have to be a fixed delay? How is this delay determined?
The delay isn't fixed, but a minimum of 10, 5, or 2 days, depending on the importance of the upgrade. Sometimes it's longer though, in the case of git currently, it's a libcurl transition, and a problem with the parisc architecture, that keeps it out of testing. This will sort out eventually. In the meantime you should be able to install the git packages from unstable, or build suitable packages for your testing system yourself, e.g. # apt-get build-dep gitcore # apt-get -b source git-core > > For users of the > > stable release, there's the backports.org service that provides new > > upstream versions to be installed on the stable release, see also this > > thread > > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/50411 > > I participated in that thread, as you can see :p Ups, sorry ;). HTH, Gerrit. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
