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Re: Debian policy about "experimental" ?



On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 08:09:57PM +0200, jjluza wrote:
> The announcement tells we should get out "-snapshot" from the name of
> the package, before puting it in experimental.  So there is no
> difference in the package name anymore.  So now, since cvs package
> version is 0.0.date, apt always ask for upgrading to an older version
> (the stable one : 1.4 for mozilla).
> 
> I'm right, or do I make a mistake ? If I'm right, What is the solution ?

	Apt supports pinning.  See man apt_preferences for more details.

Simon



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