are backports safe?

[Zunbeltz Izaola]

Thanks for your kind reply.


Zunbeltz


Jatorrizko mezua: data: al., 2006-01-23 10:11 +0000, egilea: Toby Kelsey
> Zunbeltz Izaola wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is safe to install programs from backports? I don't know if there are
> > any problem when the distributition is upgraded or similar.
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > 
> > Zunbeltz
> 
> Backported packages should have intermediate version numbers such that the next release will upgrade them to the supported version for the new release.
> The only exception should be if that package is no longer included, but then dist-upgrade will remove it anyway.
> If when you update your sources.list file to have Dapper sources you also remove Breezy backports, then any marooned backported packages will show up in Synaptic as local/obsolete.
> 
> They are not as 'safe' in the sense that the backport version will not have undergone the same level of testing as a release version and so may be more buggy.  They are usually OK but if in doubt,
> stick to the release version.
> 
> Toby
> 
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