Re: Desktop user: Etch or the next testing?

---- Ron Johnson wrote:
---- Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
What do you think about adding a new release type maybe
called "current"?
[snip]

That's called http://www.backports.org

Thank you for reminding me. I have not yet had the
opportunity to use backports since I started with etch. I
may stick with etch for a while after its release to try out
some packages from backports.

--
Glen


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