Ok, understood. Thank you!
Martin On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <mader...@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 >