Re: Iceweasel 3.5
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:45:46 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
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> In <[🔎] slrnh85u4r.531.SDA@laptop.sweetpig.dyndns.org>, S. Fishpaste wrote:
>>Well I was primarily wanting to stay with stable as this is an older
>> laptop and other than wanting an uptodate browser *always* I'd prefer to
>> use backports. Wonder why either backports or volatile don't carry the
>> latest versions of Iceweasel|Firefox. I thought that was the purpose of
>> those 2 sources.
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> Volatile is for software that fails to achieve its goal if it is not update=
> d=20
> much more often than stable, such as anti-virus and anti-spam. The browser=
> s=20
> that are part of stable still function (I use them). I believe FF was in=20
> volatile-sloppy for a while, and I would not object to it living there=20
> again.
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> Backports is for any software has been released since stable that can run i=
> n=20
> the environment provided by stable (which generally means running on older=
>=20
> libraries). The Mozilla products generally require a number of components=
>=20
> to be incompatibly replaced with new versions, which can make them=20
> unsuitable for Backports. Sometimes backports of the Mozilla products to=20
> appear though.
>
> Sid is for software that the maintainer feels could be suitable for a Debia=
> n=20
> release. Generally, this is not VCS snapshots, alphas, or betas. It might=
>=20
> also exclude some RCs. For the KDE project, it even excluded two releases=
>=20
> of KDE 4. The software should have a maintainable API/ABI and be usable (a=
> s=20
> in, not crashy and contains enough features) for the majority of the users=
>=20
> it targets.
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> Experimental is for packages that are not suitable for Sid, for whatever=20
> reason. The packaging could be undergoing complex changes and may not=20
> install the majority of machines. The software itself might be unreleased=
>=20
> by upstream, but upstream or the maintainer are eliciting feedback.
Thanks for the detailed explanation.
> In all cases, packages are only available as the packagers have time to=20
> build and upload them. Want more up-to-date packages? Get to work!
Well I guess a start would be for me to read up on backports to see if I
have the necssary expertise. ;-D
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