Re: rpm and Debian
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 03:32:57PM -0400, Lee Hanxue wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 00:58:58 -0500
> dircha <dircha@dircha.com> wrote:
> > [1] http://packages.debian.org
> > [2] http://apt-get.org
> > [3] http://www.backports.org
> > [4] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/
> > [5] http://lists.debian.org
>
> Not to forget http://mentors.debian.net
> You might be able to find packages which are not available at the
> official repository.
I would advise against using mentors.debian.net unless you're a Debian
developer sponsoring packages, or unless somebody you trust has
explicitly pointed you to an individual package there. Packages in the
mentors archive are there because they're waiting for a Debian developer
to sponsor them into the official archive.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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