>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> writes: [...] >> There is also the experimental repository, but you don't want to go >> there unless you really know what you're doing. Paul> I hadn't heard or seen this. I take it it's off in obscurity for Paul> good reason then... If you look around in discussions on Gnome 2, you'll see the experimental repository mentioned, because there are experimental Gnome 2 .debs in there. (I was actually surprised to see it mentioned in the Gnome 2 prerelease announcements.) Gnome 2 seems to be the only interesting thing in there at the moment, though. Most of the other packages are of much less interest to the average Debian user. It looks mostly like a place for developers to put packages and have other developers poke around with them. Naturally, packages break more often than in unstable, and the developers provide much less support for the experimental packages. So yes, it's off in obscurity for good reason. Luckily, apt has some built-in protection to prevent you from accidentally upgrading to an experimental package, which leads to unexpected behaviours when you don't understand what's going on. -- Hubert Chan <hubert@uhoreg.ca> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred.
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