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

[rinigus]

Guido,

thank you for explanation, didn't know much about backports. Not that many
packages are there yet, but I presume its expected due to the recent
release of Debian Stable.

Cheers,

Rinigus

On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 9:04 PM Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> wrote:

> 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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> > >
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