On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:43:28PM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
> On 14/06/05, Roberto C. Sanchez <roberto@familiasanchez.net> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 01:18:42AM -0400, David R. Litwin wrote:
> > > I have recently gotten KDE 3.4.1 from deb
> > > http://pkg-KDE.alioth.debian.org/kde-3.4.1/ ./ which is apparently a
> > > legitimate debian site from which to get KDE. Now, after doing the usual
> > > apt-get and apt-upgrade (and dist-upgrade: I wanted the latest version
> > of
> > > Sarge, but I don't think that matters here) to install it, I ran apt-get
> > > update again, then apt-get upgrade. It said I had twenty-nine packages
> > to
> > > up-grade. So, I did apt-get -V upgrade and it said (for each one, mind)
> > (
> > > 3.3.2-1 => 3.4.1-1) (save only that the 3.3.2-# some times changed. The
> > > number after the hyphen, that is).
> > >
> > > The question is this, then. If I execute the upgrade, will I really
> > upgrade
> > > from 3.3.2 to 3.4.1 or vice-versa, I. E. downgrade from 3.4.1 to 3.3.2?
> > >
> >
> > 1. Yes the Debian Alioth site is legitimate in the sense that it is
> > Debian for (primarily) Debian developers that are packaging and
> > developing for Debian.
> > 2. The packages are *experimental*. That means that you should not use
> > them unless you are prepared to deal with the fallout.
>
>
> KDE 3.4.1 is not Experimental, though. If you go to kde.org <http://kde.org>,
> it says the newest version is KDE 3.4.1. Perhaps it has both Experimental
> and not?
Hi David,
yes its true that it is released software by KDE standard (and probably
Gentoo x-)) but Debian calls untested (by Debian standards) software
experimental. Since it is not in Stable, testing or unstable, it is not
in the official Debian testbed. Thus if it were in the 'experimental'
repository or on alioth, it would be treated the same IIUC!
cheers,
Kev
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