Re: More help with mixed versions

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 10:51:30PM -0400, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote:
> I'm running Woody, and adding sources with Woody backports, so I can run
> GnomeMeeting (>0.93), OpenOffice.org, etc.
> 
> I have Gnome 2 up, and most packages with it, but gaim won't load.  It
> claims missing dependencies.
> 
> So, I actually have a philosophical question - is this right?  I mean,
> do I comtemplate life on the bleeding edge, or should I spring into
> action to tell someone "Hey, you've got a broken dependency"?

Best to tell whoever runs the backport(s).

> It's a cultural question - am I an explorer, or should I be a Quality
> Assurance person in a case like this?

Well, backports aren't officially supported by the project, but the
individuals running the backports may very well be interested.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]