Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

[maderios]

On 12/07/2016 12:45 AM, Martin T wrote:
Hi,
what are advantages of using Debian "backports"("jessie-backports" in
sources.list file) over "testing"("testing" in sources.list file)? As

Hi
You can't compare, they are completely different. Backport packages have 
stable/Jessie compatibility. Testing/Stretch and Sid are very close to 
each other. Very far from stable/jessie-backports/Jessie.

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Maderios