Martin Steigerwald grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> Am Freitag, 9. August 2013, 12:11:30 schrieb David Guntner:
>> In other words, backports packages are specifically compiled and
>> configured for the current stable release (in this case, Wheezy) from
>> the testing (in the case, Sid?) release package.
>
> David, that doesn´t say anything about my claim.
>
>> So I'm not sure where you got that idea from. :-)
>
> AFAIR as I read several times on debian-backports mailinglist on why a package
> was not considered for backports, if a package from Sid installs into Stable
> *without* pulling any additional dependencies from Sid, it is not considered
> for backports.
>
> I do not have any exact references right now, but that is what I remember.
Ok, I'll take your word for it. :-)
--Dave
Attachment:
smime.p7s
Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature