On Monday 04 May 2015 12:31:27 Alexis wrote: > Christian Seiler <christ...@iwakd.de> writes: > > I linked a wiki page in my previous email describing precisely > > what wheezy-updates is (and it is NOT the regular security > > update repository): https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates > > Yes, i read that: > > * Since it mentions things like updates to virus scanners, it > seemed > plausible to me that it was indeed the same repo. If, as you > assert, it's not, then i think it's concerning that there are > /two/ distinct repos one needs to enable in order to get all > relevant security updates. > > * The page doesn't explain if 'wheezy-updates' is distinct from > 'wheezy-backports', and if so, again, why there are two repos > apparently addressing the same issue. (To wit, how to get more > recent versions of packages than were released with stable.) > > * The phrase "When a new package is made available via > wheezy-updates" > is ambiguous to me; it can be read as either "a new package > [that wasn't included in the initial release of wheezy]", or "a > new [version of a] package [that was included in the initial > release of wheezy]". > > So, no, from my perspective, that page does /not/ describe > "precisely what wheezy-updates is". >
Why not start with what a repo is? That seems to be your problem. Or perhaps start with what a package is. Then what the versions are. Pwerhaps what Debian is? Backports and volatile (to use its old name for the sake of clarity) are totally different. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/201505041452.50472.lisi.re...@gmail.com
