Re: Why packages in testing/unstable require the newer shared libraries ?

["Kelly Clowers" <kelly.clowers@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 13:00, Boris Toloknov <tlknv@yandex.ru> wrote:
> Eugene,
> Thank you for the answers. Now it's more clear to me. I wish every package
> was in backports or at least packages which can be put there easily because
> typical home user ( including me ) doesn't want to wait for the next release
> or to compile everything.

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Please don't top post.

Sure, everything in backports might be nice, but that would
as much work as the entire rest of the distro.

I suggest trying testing, which is generally pretty safe, or
trying a Debian derivative like Ubuntu that has a faster
stable release cycle.


Cheers,
Kelly Clowers