Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-10 Thread Richard Hector
On 09/12/16 00:30, Lisi Reisz 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? >

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-08 Thread Martin T
Ok, understood. Thank you! Martin On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Lisi Reisz 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)

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-08 Thread Lisi Reisz
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

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-08 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Martin, On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 01:06:55PM +0200, Martin T wrote: > is it a good practice to prefer latest versions from > backports(jessie-backports) by default while using stable(jessie) > distribution? […] > Or is it a better practice to cherry-pick packages from "jessie-backports"?

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-08 Thread Martin T
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? I mean something like this: # cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/00_jessie-backports Explanation: Change pin-priority to

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-07 Thread maderios
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.

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-07 Thread rhkramer
On Wednesday, December 07, 2016 08:25:17 AM Martin T wrote: > > On the other hand, upgrade your webserver to a backports version, > > and the webserver has been compiled against the libs you already have. > > thanks! Is this also one of the reasons why not all packages in > testing are available

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-07 Thread Martin T
Understood. Thanks! Martin On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Mark Fletcher wrote: > On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 03:25:17PM +0200, Martin T wrote: >> Dan, >> >> > On the other hand, upgrade your webserver to a backports version, >> > and the webserver has been compiled against the

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-07 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 03:25:17PM +0200, Martin T wrote: > Dan, > > > On the other hand, upgrade your webserver to a backports version, > > and the webserver has been compiled against the libs you already have. > > thanks! Is this also one of the reasons why not all packages in > testing are

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-07 Thread Martin T
Dan, > On the other hand, upgrade your webserver to a backports version, > and the webserver has been compiled against the libs you already have. thanks! Is this also one of the reasons why not all packages in testing are available via backports? I mean I could imagine that there are packages

Re: Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 01:45:45AM +0200, Martin T wrote: > > what are advantages of using Debian "backports"("jessie-backports" in > sources.list file) over "testing"("testing" in sources.list file)? As > I understand, "backports" does not have all the packages from > "testing". On the other

Advantages of Debian "backports" over "testing"?

2016-12-06 Thread Martin T
Hi, what are advantages of using Debian "backports"("jessie-backports" in sources.list file) over "testing"("testing" in sources.list file)? As I understand, "backports" does not have all the packages from "testing". On the other hand, packages in "backports" are specially recompiled for "stable"