Yes, that is indeed the case, but that is mainly the fault of the PPA as experimental software should by definition not be part of a release. I know that this kinda contradicts the PPA concept used in the wild (at least what I am observing from the outside) as stuff is put into a release-pocket because it was built for this release, not because it is a particular good idea to use it (in this release), but it is the way APT assumes repositories to be handled way before PPAs were introduced – and as APT can't change its default handling, PPAs (and their users) get what they asked for.
That APT::Default-Release is overriding pinning is a very important concept, as it allows you to get stuff from experimental/backports easily. That it is set in Ubuntu by default is probably a try to protect people with the effect of opening another can of worms – in the end a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea (ftr: German phrase "Wahl zwischen Pest und Cholera"). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1208820 Title: Pinning preferences do not override eachother as expected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1208820/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
