Re: How to track *part* of unstable?

[Richard Cobbe <cobbe@directlink.net>]

Lo, on Friday, December 22, Rob VanFleet did write:

> > On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 01:35:28PM -0600, Richard Cobbe wrote:
> > > Is there a way to track the unstable branch for only certain
> > > packages?  I'd like to install the unstable version of gnucash.
> 
> Is gnucash_1.4.8 new enough for you?

That'd be just fine, thanks.  I'll take anything in the 1.4 series; potato
is still at 1.3.4.

> If so, just install Helix Gnome from http://www.helixcode.com/.  Running
> Potato, Helix is the best way to get new Gnome/GTK packages.

I've been somewhat reluctant to do this until now, primarily because I've
only just switched to Debian (from RedHat), and I'm still learning my way
around the system.  During this process, I don't want to complicate things
with additional large packages.  However, many of the gnome apps look very
intriguing.

Does the Helix installer use the Debian package system, or are they
completely independent, or somewhere in between?  I've already installed
several .debs that appear to be included with Helix, like XMMS and the
GIMP.  Would I need to uninstall those first using apt-get?

Also, while many of the Gnome apps are pretty cool, I don't much like the
desktop.  I'd prefer to stay with my plain old FVWM.  Is this relatively
easy after a Helix install?  (I'm certainly not afraid of editing .xsession
and the like.)

(I took a quick look around www.helixcode.com, but they don't seem to
address these issues.)

Thanks for the suggestion!

Richard