aledin
January 11th, 2006, 07:20 PM
Hello all,
in backports there are some unstable packages like eog (2.13.x) and gthumb (2.7.x). Is there realy necessary to backports unstable packages (as they are considered unstable versions by the developers)? Eog backported crashes easily, Gthumb backported has problems with directory full of images imported from a camera; then, I must pin stable version in /etc/apt/preferences, downgrade packages hoping that no other backport software will be bugged as them.
IMHO, think about that backported packages are often installed automatically by apt-get upgrade. It's not a better choice to backport stable versions and give links to debs of unstable ones?
Thanks
in backports there are some unstable packages like eog (2.13.x) and gthumb (2.7.x). Is there realy necessary to backports unstable packages (as they are considered unstable versions by the developers)? Eog backported crashes easily, Gthumb backported has problems with directory full of images imported from a camera; then, I must pin stable version in /etc/apt/preferences, downgrade packages hoping that no other backport software will be bugged as them.
IMHO, think about that backported packages are often installed automatically by apt-get upgrade. It's not a better choice to backport stable versions and give links to debs of unstable ones?
Thanks