non-ubuntu packages (was Firefox and gnome dependencies

[Derek Broughton]

On Tuesday 05 April 2005 04:56, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Abdullah Ramazanoglu">
>
> > Maybe a stupid question: Is there a resource or link explaining the
> > rationale behind maintaining separate archives instead of just tapping
> > into Debian's? 
>
> Some of it is explained here:
>
>   http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/relationship
>
> Essentially, it comes down to the fact that Ubuntu is a rapid release
> branch of Debian, with differing goals on occasion. For instance, we have
> KDE 3.4, Xorg, GNOME 2.10, and many other crucial changes to the underlying
> platform. Given all of that, which Debian repository would we point to?
> Sid? It is in a permanent state of flux. Sarge? It is not stable or
> released. Woody? It is a little bit old in the tooth. :-) The major reason
> why we have our own repo is so we can make our own choices with regard to
> platform changes and release management.

OK, I understand that, but does anybody have a good idea how to get debian 
packages that are _not_ available in Ubuntu.  Specifically, right now I'm 
doing Tomcat development, and Tomcat doesn't appear to be available in 
Ubuntu.  I don't want to pick up debian versions of packages that have 
corresponding Ubuntu versions, but I want to be able to get other packages 
from Sarge.  Would pinning help?  (I borked my installation last time I tried 
to work with pinning, but I guess I _should_ be able to figure it out :-) ).
-- 
derek