On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:48:48 -0400, Rob McBroom posted: > On 2009-Apr-29, at 2:40 AM, Magnus Pedersen wrote: > >> I wouldn't mix stable and testing, get XFCE from backports if it is >> available or run testing. > > Someone on another list once told me: > > "As long as you can install the package from Debian unstable > directly > on stable, which has always been the case, it's against the policy of > backports.org to accept an upload." > > Any truth to that? It would explain why XFCE isn't there.
But for a very few exceptions (security related) backport packages come from packages in testing, not unstable. That is backport policy. If a package from another branch can be installed directly in Lenny (stable), no dependency issues, then there is nothing to "backport", eh? So there wouldn't be a reason for the package to be in the backports repository. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
