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Indeed, for myself I prefer stable releases (Debian, Ubuntu LTS, etc) and use apt pinning so that I can use newer versions of apps that I need to use. Very rare
by tankenmate 11y ago
Indeed, for myself I prefer stable releases (Debian, Ubuntu LTS, etc) and use apt pinning so that I can use newer versions of apps that I need to use. Very rarely will I have a problem; in fact the few times there is a problem it is normally solved by apt-get source ; dpkg-buildpackage.
- stephenr 11y agoDo you just use pinning straight out the gate, or do you check backports (or whatever equivalent Ubuntu has) first?
- tankenmate 11y agoIt depends, normally in order of preference LTS, LTS backports, then latest release. So then if you want the newer version you can do apt-get install <package>/<release>. I typically use Apt::Default-Release "<release>" in a separate apt.conf.d file.