Hello Kevin,
Excerpt from Kevin Chadwick:
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>> libreoffice | 1:4.0.2~rc2-2 | experimental | source, amd64,
>> armel, i386, kfreebsd-amd64, kfreebsd-i386
>>
>> And yes, 4.0.x will also be in wheezy-backports when it's time for that.
>> Using it from "unstable" is bad, becaus
On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:54:17 +0200
Rene Engelhard wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:47:50AM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > > Personally I like the about two-year stable release schedule. It is
> > > long enough
> >
> > I appreciate knowing that our setup will not break due to this but
> >
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:47:50AM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > Personally I like the about two-year stable release schedule. It is
> > long enough
>
> I appreciate knowing that our setup will not break due to this but
> also compile and download various packages like libreoffice and
> xfce-4
> Personally I like the about two-year stable release schedule. It is
> long enough
I appreciate knowing that our setup will not break due to this but
also compile and download various packages like libreoffice and
xfce-4.10.
Now I would not expect libreoffice to be packaged but xfce-4.10 had a
Chris Bannister wrote:
> Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> > Incidentally. I do wonder if debian stable should accelerate some
> > packages which follow a more stable dev cycle like xfce-4.10 where it
> > has already been well tested.
>
> Won't happen. That is what Debian Backports is for.
> IMHO it is not
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 06:49:46PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
> Incidentally. I do wonder if debian stable should accelerate some
> packages which follow a more stable dev cycle like xfce-4.10 where it
> has already been well tested.
Won't happen. That is what Debian Backports is for.
IMHO it is
> Then again, if you build from source, you'll lose the automatic upgrade
> feature provided by apt/aptitude.
>
> Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.
I believe so. There are some debian source building tools and mepis
archives are usable perhaps best with pinning. I plan to experiment
with th
> I do not mean building from source using configure & make, but creating
> a debian package using source debian package from unstable with tools
> like dpkg-buildpackage or uupdate.
There's a handy guide to that (apart from the uupdate bit) at
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch
> Then again, if you build from source, you'll lose the automatic upgrade
> feature provided by apt/aptitude.
>
> Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Thanks.
>
And if you take a package from unstable than you install the
dependencies from unstable as well. And having automatic updates f
On Apr 12, 2013 3:29 PM, "Alex Mestiashvili"
wrote:
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> On 04/12/2013 02:16 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Alex Mestiashvili
> > wrote:
> >> On 04/12/2013 01:33 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> >>> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
> >>> on
>>> I suggest to get the source packages instead and rebuild them for your
>>> environment.
Check first to see if it is in backports. If it is there that will save
having to build it from source. Not everything is there, but if it is,
it will save time.
Regards,
/Lars
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On 04/12/2013 02:16 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Alex Mestiashvili
> wrote:
>> On 04/12/2013 01:33 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
>>> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
>>> only for certain packages?
> ...
>> You can try it, but in most cases
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Alex Mestiashvili
wrote:
> On 04/12/2013 01:33 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
>> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
>> only for certain packages?
...
> You can try it, but in most cases it is not a good idea.
>
> Most of the packages have
On 04/12/2013 01:33 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
> only for certain packages?
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tom
>
>
You can try it, but in most cases it is not a good idea.
Most of the packages have dependencies which are not availab
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:38 AM, "Morel Bérenger"
wrote:
> Le Ven 12 avril 2013 13:33, Tom Browder a écrit :
>> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
>> only for certain packages?
...
> The technique is named apt-pinning, you can find some documentation here:
> http
On 4/12/13 2:33 PM, Tom Browder wrote:
> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
> only for certain packages?
>
> Best regards,
>
> -Tom
If the package you want is not in backports, then you could try apt-pinning:
http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences
Reg
Le Ven 12 avril 2013 13:33, Tom Browder a écrit :
> Is it possible to fine tune the package sources so as to use unstable
> only for certain packages?
>
> Best regards,
Sure.
The technique is named apt-pinning, you can find some documentation here:
http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences
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