On Jo, 23 mai 13, 18:59:11, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote: > > If I am correct, then I do not understand, why packages are available in > wheezy-backports, but not in debian/testing. According to debian behaviour (I > think the word policy is the wrong choice here), Packages from unstable will > be tested, then, if no big bugs appear, get into testing , and when it is > stable enough, are put into stable. Yes, but only when stable is released (approximately every 2 years). > And if I am still correct, that ALL packages in wheezy-backports are aimed for > the use only in debian/stable, there will appear things, I do not understand. > > 1. So, how can it be, that i.e. libreoffice in wheezy-backports is version 4.0, > whilst in debian/testing it is still 3.5? And the backported version is from > unstable, it is 4.0! Because libreoffice got an exception from the usual backports policy (as I already wrote). Other exceptions are security updates and the kernel. > 2. How can it happen, that everyone is telling me, "Do NOT upgrade ALL > installed packages from wheezy-backports in debian/stable. It will crash your > system!" ? Because backports is designed to install only individual packages from it. > I think, there is a problem with wheezy-backports policy. I like the idea very > much, and I think, it is good, but if I am correct in all my points, I think, > it is not easy for unexpierenced users, to use wheezy-backports at all. Which is why it is not added to your sources by default and installing packages from there requires manual overriding. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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