[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Bug#518677: marked as done (Should add a note about squeeze packages in etch-backports?)

Your message dated Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:48:55 +0100
with message-id <CALkubT64aJm7mgWnGY0B0B8u19t6b1CMO3tEds=gEou1Ej9d0Q@mail.gmail.com>
and subject line 
has caused the Debian Bug report #518677,
regarding Should add a note about squeeze packages in etch-backports?
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org
immediately.)


-- 
518677: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=518677
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: release-notes
Severity: normal

As discussed on backports-users[1], the paragraph about backports.org is
now a bit confusing. Now that lenny has been released, there are some
packages from squeeze going into etch-backports. However, the lenny release
notes state:

    4.2.5.1. Using backports.org packages

    backports.org is a semi-official repository provided by Debian GNU/Linux
    developers, which provides newer packages for the stable release, based
    on a rebuild from the packages from the “testing” archive.

    The backports.org repository mainly contains packages from “testing”,
    with reduced version numbers so that the upgrade path from etch
    backports to lenny still works.

This last paragraph suggests that the packages in etch-backports all have
lower versions than their respective packages in lenny so that any updates
to the lenny package will be installed over the old package from
etch-backports. Since this is no longer the case, I think there needs to be
a note added here to inform users they may have packages installed from
etch-backports which are versions from squeeze.

[1] http://lists.backports.org/lurker-bpo/message/20090306.155124.2c6b74b6.en.html
-- 
Chris Butler <chrisb@debian.org>
  GnuPG Key ID: 1024D/D097A261

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Thanks for reporting! since lenny is now obsolete this bug will now be closed

We are sorry it could not make it to lenny :(

--- End Message ---
Reply to: