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Re: Opening Squeeze backports



On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 07:28:18PM +0100, Sven Hoexter wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 07:04:53PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > I think it would be a good idea to explain _why_ there is not yet a
> > squeeze backports repository other than "we don't want to do this
> > right now".
> 
> Not that I'm official in any way but I thought that's obvious from the
> criteria for lenny-backports (and all prior backport suits).
> 
> So packages which get backported should in general be part of the next
> release. That is only very likely the case when they manage to migrate
> to testing. So how would you measure that for a squeeze backports repository
> starting before a wheezy testing? Things like 'I got through new with it and
> it's in experimental now' is not something I would consider to be sane in that
> case.

Thomas asked for an _empty_ Repository so that his systems which have
migrated from lenny+backports to squeeze don't need to be touched
again when squeeze+backports becomes feasible.

Greetings
Marc

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