ok guys, thanks for your answers. i still feel would be nice to have eclipse on testing without adding unstable but i'll follow your advices.
take care, Eric On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Niels Thykier <ni...@thykier.net> wrote: > On 2011-08-29 10:25, Eric Delcamp wrote: > > yes indeed i think i'll end to install it from unstable, but i'll switch > > back to testing, i don't want to stay on unstable. > > > > but easiest would be to have it on testing, no ? > > in fact i was ported on testing, but then removed 09AUG11 : > > http://packages.qa.debian.org/e/eclipse.html > > > > > > > > [...] > > I personally have both "unstable" and "testing" in my sources list and use: > > """ > $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/02aptlocal > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > """ > > This allows you to do stuff like > > $ aptitude install eclipse-{rcp,platform{,-data},...}/unstable > > It does not work super well (unless you use -t unstable, but I do not > like that too much). But it does allow you to cherry-pick packages from > unstable. > > Anyhow, eclipse in unstable is probably uninstallable. eclipse 3.7 (>= > 3.7~exp-5) from experimental should be working and installable on the > other hand. > > ~Niels > >
