Re: when new versions will be available at wheezy ?
On 2013-01-12 12:07 +0100, Johan Grönqvist wrote:
> With priority up to 100, the packages from experimental will not be
> upgraded with a normal upgrade command, but the packages will need
> explicit upgrade requests.
>
> As packages from experimental are experimental and may break your
> system without warning, requiring you to explicitly request upgrades
> of such packages seems like a good idea to me.
Of course experimental should always be at a lower pinning priority than
unstable, but I still like the idea of upgrading those packages which
have been installed from experimental automatically. Otherwise it's too
easy to end up with outdated and totally unsupported packages.
See also this blog entry from a Debian Developer:
http://petereisentraut.blogspot.de/2010/07/increasing-priority-of-debian.html.
Cheers,
Sven
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