Steve Litt writes: > Let's say that, in six months from now, Debian's uselessd package is > ready for prime time. Would there be any reason some enterprising > person couldn't simply copy it to another repository (hopefully a > trusted one), so that people could add that repository and thus > install uselessd on Jessie?
Yes, of course that could be done. The name of the appropriate repository is Debian/Unstable, also known as Sid. The package could then be backported and made available for installation in Jessie on backports.debian.org. -- John Hasler [email protected] Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

