Re: Backports of glib2.0, network-manager, and wpasupplicant

["W. Martin Borgert" <debacle@debian.org>]

Quoting "Josselin Mouette" <joss@debian.org>:
> Le jeudi 29 décembre 2011 à 14:40 +0100, W. Martin Borgert a écrit :
> > I need squeeze backports of the current testing versions
> > of the packages glib2.0, network-manager, and wpasupplicant.
> > If somebody likes to do this, I'm happy. If not, I will try
> > my luck. Any comments?
>
> The current glib version will not work with squeeze. You need to
> backport a lot of packages (gvfs, gnome-session, gdm3,
> gnome-control-center, shared-mime-info…) if you want it as is. This is
> because the URL handlers have migrated from GConf settings to
> x-scheme-handler/* in MIME associations.
>
> It should be simpler if you backport it but re-enable the patch that was
> in version 2.28.6-1 to keep the old MIME system. Of course, if you need
> it because of the new MIME system, you’re screwed.

Many thanks for this hint! No, I don't need the new MIME system,
so I will try to apply the patch. The patch can be found under
svn://svn.debian.org/svn/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/glib2.0/
I assume?

Cheers