On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 8:57 AM, martin f krafft <madd...@debian.org> wrote:
> By the way, even though one can mix testing and unstable, I suggest > to avoid that. http://backports.org contains packages backported > from testing and compiled for the stable distribution, which > integrate better with the system and are well supported (though > unofficial). > > It's also rather easy to create backports yourself, using a chroot > build environment. However, then you'll have to worry about security > updates yourself. > > -- > .''`. martin f. krafft <madd...@d.o> Related projects: Thanks for the answer. And what about downloading an occasional package from packages.debian.org? (like the latest swfdec) is this more preferable then apt-pinning? With building your own backport you mean using apt-get source in a testing/unstable chroot to build a stable package? Do you happen to know where I can' find more info about this process? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org