On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Colin Guthrie <mag...@colin.guthr.ie> wrote: > 'Twas brillig, and Christiaan Welvaart at 09/06/11 10:40 did gyre and > gimble: >> On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Maarten Vanraes wrote: >> >>> otoh, perhaps a missing package is also a bugfix... maybe we could >>> file bug >>> reports for missing packages and go through the updates route... >> >> Filing bug reports is not a bad idea, even if the new package will go to >> backports. Just explain a little why it is important (to fix this in a >> stable release). >> >> We probably need a new "version" in bugzilla because mga1+backports is >> basically a new distro. A bug in backports shouldn't be filed against >> "1" IMHO. > > As I said in my original mail I really don't think backports is the > right approach. > > I'd prefer to have a 3rd party repo than abuse backports to get the > missing packages. > > I think updates would be the right place.
Please no 3rd repo :) But i agree with you for updates for "new" packages ( no "new" versions ;) )