[Librem-5-dev] keeping in sync with Debian

[Guido Günther]

Hi rinigus,
On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 08:52:22PM +0200, rinigus wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> while probably great to avoid having moving target in terms of the base
> packages, it will inhibit development using toolkits that are not refreshed
> timely. In particular, we should not expect any major refresh in Debian
> Stable for years to come, if Debian is still using the same policy as it
> used in the past. Do I understand it correctly that it will also makes it
> impossible to add new packages via upstreaming them through Debian? Read
> here 'impossible' as having to wait for years before new applications will
> be able to come to the phone via that route.

Certainly not, due to

    https://backports.debian.org/

You were asking about the policy of keeping it in sync with 'Debian',
which I can only read in sync with 'Debian stable' - if you had
something else in mind, let me know.

. If you look at the sources list of a phone you see that packages come
in via other means as well:

    https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/image-builder/blob/master/conf/dists/amber-hose

Those channels can carry newer versions (and they do on a daily basis).

Cheers,
 -- Guido

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Rinigus
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Dec 3, 2019 at 7:06 PM Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 09:12:33AM +0200, rinigus via Librem-5-dev wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I wonder what is the policy regarding keeping L5-oriented PureOS in sync
> > > with Debian. Recently, Qt stack (together with Kirigami) has been updated
> > > in Debian and it would be of great help to get it updated in Pure OS as
> > > well.
> >
> > Packages are being kept in sync with Debian stable automatically.
> >  -- Guido
> >
> > >
> > > But, in this respect, question is more general and applies to other
> > > packages as well.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Rinigus
> >
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