Re: Iceweasel 3.5
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:35:07 +0200, Johan Grönqvist in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
>>>>> So how does one use the latest version of this web browser on Stable ?
>>> If I were you, I would temporarily enable testing, unstable and
>>> experimental repos, grab iceweasel and dependencies from experimental
>>> and then disabling the repos.
>>
>> Hm sounds like a plan. Do you know offhand which Debian distro has 3.5.x ?
>>
>
> If the experimental version needs to update a lot of libraries (many
> experimental packages do), and you have a good reason to want to run
> stable, I would instead suggest keeping with stable for almost all apps,
> and installing a chroot environment to run the few unstable/experimental
> apps you want in a more sandboxed environment.
>
> As I understand it, I think that should be enough for your need. Later,
> when a proper backport of iceweasel 3.5 arrives, you can use it under
> stable.
Right. I think I'd rather wait until either backports or volatile has it.
Speaking of Volatile isn't this the purpose of it; For packages like web
browsers which are updated frequently ? At least that has been my
understanding of it.
> I have successfully used this method when I wanted to install stuff form
> experimental or form third party sources (that I do not trust).
> See <http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/566> for more info.
>
> Good luck.
Thanks for the reply Johan.
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