Some weeks ago I installed XFCE 4.6 on many Lenny boxes and documented the installation in a howto I have published in my wiki:
http://debian.asconix.com/xfce-debian-lenny-howto Following step-by-step results in a clean and properly working XFCE 4.6 installation. Greets, Chris Magnus Pedersen wrote: > Matteo Riva wrote: >> Hello everybody. I have been using Debian for a while, I had an old >> system which went through many dist upgrades and I always played with >> testing and unstable stuff, even before I actually knew what I was >> doing. >> >> Now since I'm running a fresh and "clean" Lenny install I'm here >> to ask what is the correct way to handle packages from the testing >> branch, in case I want to use a newer version of some software (namely >> xfce in this specific case). >> >> Do I have to do a full dist-upgrade or can I just mix packages from >> stable and testing branches? >> >> Any input appreciated, thanks. >> >> > I wouldn't mix stable and testing, get XFCE from backports if it is > available or run testing. > > YMMV > > /Magnus > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
