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

[Free Ekanayaka]

Hi Ichthyostega,

|--==> Ichthyostega  writes:

  I> 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.
  >>

  I> Hi Free,

  I> yes, backporting helps, at least for individual tools. and I'll see how I will come along,
  I> at least for the nearer future. Of course, at some point I will need to switch to, say
  I> python 2.5 or need the newest version of some codecs -- let's hope this doesn't happen
  I> so soon :-)
  >>

As there are many developers user in the same situation as you, I
would say that is very likely that popular packages like 2.5 get
eventually backported and uploaded to backports.org.

  >>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.

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

Fine, please let us know if you actually choose to go this way
(64studio + updates), we could possibly provide some support for dev
tools as well.

Ciao!

Free