Re: Cloud images with backports APT-enabled.
On Tue, 2016-01-12 at 00:14 -0500, Brian Gupta wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 9:19 AM, Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> wrote:
> > Le Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:31:14PM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
> >>
> >> I started a discussion on the debian-backports mailing list. Let's see how it
> >> goes.
> >>
> >> <https://lists.debian.org/debian-backports/2015/11/msg00067.html>
> >
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > To summarise the original question:
> >
> > some Debian Stable images prepared by us for some "cloud" systems contain a few
> > hand-picked packages from stable-backports (or from testing or unstable, in
> > which case the creation of a stable backport could be considered). To provide
> > a path for security and bug upgrades, the most straightforward way is to add
> > the stable-backports suite to APT's source list. This means that some users
> > may install backported packages without realising it. The Debian Backports
> > package states "Backports cannot be tested as extensively as Debian stable, and
> > backports are provided on an as-is basis, with risk of incompatibilities with
> > other components in Debian stable. Use with care!". Therefore, it is
> > controversial whether using and enabling Backports is appropriate for an image
> > that we call "Stable", and we wondered if something could be changed on APT's
> > side to prevent unintentional installation of backports.
[...]
> Charles, great summary! I'm now wondering if cloud-init might be a candidate
> for "stable-updates"?
My impression was that Charles was talking about packages that
are /installed by/ cloud-init, not the install of cloud-init itself.
Regards,
Adam
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