On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 08:35:13 +0200, David ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Something I've noticed with Testing/Lenny is that packages often > disappear for a short period (a few days or weeks) and then reappear. > A few current examples: xmms and nvidia-glx. If you look on > packages.debian.org they are in unstable and stable, but not testing. > comix was also gone for a while but is back again.
I'm not an expert, but I think that packages in testing are just that - under test. Not just the individual packages, but also how they fit in with other packages. I imagine these packages were removed for a good reason. Again, I'm not sure about all this, but this may be useful regarding xmms, one of the examples you mentioned: http://packages.qa.debian.org/x/xmms.html > This is annoying. I install desktops from Debian Testing and can't > find packages. In this case I usually install the missing packages > from Unstable, but this can cause problems. For example, I installed > nvidia-glx from unstable on a testng box (along with the updated xorg > dependancies), and then I couldn't get X to work (dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg no longer asked for video card, and makes an invalid > config file so X can't startup). After reinstalling X I'm now using > the nv driver until nvidia-glx returns to Testing. > > Any suggestions? Should I be using Unstable instead of Testing for > desktops? (I've had bad experiences with Unstable in the past). If you want stability, then go for 'stable' ? -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
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