Debian and Ubuntu repositories
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Michael Stapelberg <michael@i3wm.org>
-August 2012
+June 2013
== When should you use our repositories?
in Debian stable can be old, however (we cannot update it after stable has
been released). The best way is to add Debian testing and tell +apt+ to
prefer Debian stable. You should *not* use our repository.
+ Alternatively, you can also use
+ link:http://backports.debian.org/[stable-backports (e.g. wheezy-backports for
+ Debian wheezy)].
You are using Ubuntu::
Only a handful of packages are maintained by Ubuntu developers. The rest is
synchronized periodically from Debian, every 6 months. Therefore, Ubuntu
<h1>Debian and Ubuntu repositories</h1>\r
<span id="author">Michael Stapelberg</span><br />\r
<span id="email"><tt><<a href="mailto:michael@i3wm.org">michael@i3wm.org</a>></tt></span><br />\r
-<span id="revdate">August 2012</span>\r
+<span id="revdate">June 2013</span>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect1">\r
<h2 id="_when_should_you_use_our_repositories">1. When should you use our repositories?</h2>\r
in Debian stable can be old, however (we cannot update it after stable has\r
been released). The best way is to add Debian testing and tell <tt>apt</tt> to\r
prefer Debian stable. You should <strong>not</strong> use our repository.\r
+ Alternatively, you can also use\r
+ <a href="http://backports.debian.org/">stable-backports (e.g. wheezy-backports for\r
+ Debian wheezy)</a>.\r
</p>\r
</dd>\r
<dt class="hdlist1">\r
# apt-get update\r
# apt-get install i3</tt></pre>\r
</div></div>\r
-<div class="paragraph"><p>The following Ubuntu versions are currently available: maverick, natty, oneiric,\r
-precise, quantal.</p></div>\r
+<div class="paragraph"><p>The following Ubuntu versions are currently available: oneiric, precise, quantal,\r
+raring.</p></div>\r
</div>\r
<div class="sect2">\r
<h3 id="_development_releases">2.2. Development releases</h3>\r