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Re: Debian policy about "experimental" ?



Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 20:14, Simon Law a écrit :
> 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


Yes, I know this solution, but in fact, I asked for a solution in debian 
policy, without needing to edit a file, what -snapshot allowed.
But maybe there is no other solution ?



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