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| From | Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"? |
| Date | 2016-12-08 12:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sM53H-5wX-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On Thursday 08 December 2016 11:06:55 Martin T wrote:
> One more question regarding Debian backports- is it a good practice to
> prefer latest versions from backports(jessie-backports) by default
> while using stable(jessie) distribution?
Definitely not.
[snip]
> Or is it a better practice to cherry-pick packages from "jessie-backports"?
Yes.
Lisi
>
>
> thanks,
> Martin
>
> On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:25 PM, maderios <maderios@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Maderios
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