[64studio-devel] need some adivice wrt libc6 and debian/testing

[Ichthyostega]

Free Ekanayaka schrieb:
> Which packages do you need exactly? If they are only a few it might be
> easier to just backport them to etch, rather than running
> Debian/testing.
> 

Hi Free,

yes, backporting helps, at least for individual tools. and I'll see how I will come along,
at least for the nearer future. Of course, at some point I will need to switch to, say
python 2.5 or need the newest version of some codecs -- let's hope this doesn't happen
so soon :-)
>
> We are planning to stick to etch till the next stable Debian release,
> and to provide backports of the needed applications (mostly audio and
> video). This way the risk of introducing new bugs is considerably
> lower.

good to know how you plan to handle this. Basically, I agree with you: the reason why
I prefere 64Studio is to have a reliable platform for media work (and not to have to
fight package dependencies). I will see if we can get a bit more moderate Aproach
at leas for the Cinelerra developement (as it's often a pain for the users to get
it compiled at all, and Unstable just adds to all of this).

Ciao!
Hermann