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Re: Differences between volatile and volatile-sloppy



This one time, at band camp, Martin said:
> Hi,
> 
> Just added volatile to my sources.list. I wonder what the difference is 
> between volatile and volatile-sloppy?

Packages in volatile offer a clean upgrade path from sarge.  Packages in
volatile-sloppy are built for sarge, but may need some manual work
during upgrade.  In other words, they run up against the edge of the
hippocratic oath that volatile has taken.
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