Can't retrive packages list

[djbeppe]

Has anyone made this repository work:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main

I cant get packages list! When I do a apt-get update, packages
under "experimental" seems not to be present.

Can anyone help me please?
Thanks!

[Xian]

When I do a apt-get update, packages
under "experimental" seems not to be present.
Seems not to be present in what exactly?
Do a pkg search and see if the version is cached.

$ sudo apt-cache policy package_name

[aysiu]

Why are you using Debian repositories instead of Ubuntu ones?

[Xian]

There are some pkgs in the Deb rep's that Ubuntu doesn't have.
I've got a couple on my system.

Outside of that there is no reason.

[aysiu]

There are--and for those you can add the repository, install the packages, and then take the repository off.

I just worry for some newcomers to Ubuntu that they actually would be able to find the package in the Ubuntu repositories if they looked (or added the Universe repositories).

[Xian]

Hopefully nobody adding the experimental deb repo is all that green.
If so, they won't be green for very long... :)