Package: release-notes Severity: normal
As backports.org is now semi official ( ie links from the packages web interface ) I propose to document properly how to deal with the backported packages when doing a etch2lenny upgrade. This text should go in the userbackports section of the release note and is a rewording of http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq. Backports.org is a semi-official repository provided by debian developpers, which provides newer packages for the stable release, based on a rebuild from the packages from the "testing" archive. The backports.org repository contains packages from testing, but with reduced version numbers, therefore the upgrade path from etch-backports to lenny is saved. However, there are a few backports only which are made from unstable (security updates and the following exceptions: firefox, kernel, openoffice.org, xorg). If you do not use one of these exceptions, you can safely upgrade to lenny. If you use one of these exceptions, set the pin-priority (see man apt_preferences) temporarily to 1001 for all packages from etch, and you should be able to do a safe dist-upgrade too. For example, the trac package in backports.org has version 0.11.1-2~bpo40+1 and in lenny 0.11.1-2.1 As 0.11.1-2~bpo40+1 < 0.11.1-2.1 (apt considers ~ lower), the backports package will be replaced by the lenny package when you upgrate to lenny. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
