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Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by rc00 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:18AM (#37198397)
Why not get the package added to backports and then instructing users to update? This happens with tons of other similar packages.
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Re:30 years on, Debian is at the heart of the most successfu... by oefrha on Sunday August 20, 2023 @08:33AM (#37198495)
I was a long time ago so my memory is fuzzy, I think the DD did briefly touch on that option, but nothing came of it. As a user who has used backports a few times, the experience isn’t that great since it needs to be explicitly configured.
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