On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 4:38 PM, JoeHill <joeh...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > Aniruddha wrote: > >> I would like to install the latest version swfdec-mozilla (because it >> offers autoplay). I intent to track stable as closely as possible. As >> far I can tell there are four possibilities to achieve this: >> >> 1) Temporary enable testing/unstable repositories and install the program >> 2) Download *.deb from packages.debian org >> 3) Use apt-pinning >> 4) Compile from source, this requires option 1 to be enabled. > > I use apt-pinning and it works really well. I followed the Debian apt-pinning > howto and now run a mix of Testing and Unstable. > > http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning > > --
Thanks for the tip. Are there any downsides to be expected from this method? e.g. accidentally pulling in dependencies for lots of packages turning my 'stable' into 'testing'. Is this a better option then temporary enabling testing/unstable repositories or downloading the debs from the debian.packages.org? And if so why? I'm really curious to find the best way to run stable while installing an occasional testing/unstable package. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
