> -----Original Message----- > From: Dominic Hargreaves [mailto:dominic.hargrea...@oucs.ox.ac.uk] > Sent: Donnerstag, 02. April 2009 15:59 > To: Tim Cutts > Cc: Martin Maurer; rt-users@lists.bestpractical.com > Subject: Re: [rt-users] RT 3.8.2 packages for Debian Lenny? > > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 07:22:30AM +0100, Tim Cutts wrote: > > > > On 31 Mar 2009, at 8:23 am, Martin Maurer wrote: > > > >> Hi Dominic, > >> > >> Thanks for this, I see the 3.8.2 packages are already in unstable AND > >> testing - but what about the original discussed idea to have an extra > >> repo with rt 3.8.x for Lenny? > > > > ... or possibly get the packages uploaded to lenny-backports, might be > a > > better solution. > > It's not a valid upload candidate for lenny-backports, since the version > in testing/unstable does not require rebuilding to work on lenny. > > The normal way of handling these cases would be to add, for example, > testing or unstable APT lines, with appropriate package pinning to > avoid pulling anything except the required packages, or to put packages > in a site-local repository. > > The last time this was discussed Martin was keen to provide a repository > with just the request-tracker3.8 package and dependencies not satisfied > in lenny, but I'm still in two minds about whether this is worth the > extra work. I certainly don't have a use case for it (since we already > have our own private apt repositories for local builds). > > Martin, could you think again about whether you are able to get by with > the > appropriate package pinning?
Thanks, I will test this and give feedback. Br, Martin _______________________________________________ http://lists.bestpractical.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rt-users Community help: http://wiki.bestpractical.com Commercial support: sa...@bestpractical.com Discover RT's hidden secrets with RT Essentials from O'Reilly Media. Buy a copy at http://rtbook.bestpractical.com