[conspire] debian package

[Dana Goyette]

You should be able to backport the package from the unstable, so long as it doesn't depend too heavily on system packages from unstable:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/112157/how-can-i-install-more-recent-versions-of-software-than-what-debian-provides

> On Aug 16, 2016, at 4:15 PM, Tony Godshall <togo at of.net> wrote:
> 
> I wonder if this might be a use-case for the new "snap" packages.
> 
> Essentially, it's containerization at the package level.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snappy_(package_manager)
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/goodbye-apt-and-yum-ubuntus-snap-apps-are-coming-to-distros-everywhere/
> 
> But if you are interested in getting just one package from unstable,
> look at apt-pinning, and definitely do apt-get -s install and
> carefully review any changes you would get if you got a package from
> unstable, as it may, as you imply, upgrade a bunch of other packages,
> some of which might be quite obtrusive.
> 
> I'd also advise you to file a bug when a package is defective.
> 
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?archive=both;dist=unstable;package=gmsh
> 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org> wrote:
>> I am trying to use a math package called gmsh.  I am using Debian testing.
>> 
>> The package has some problems, a key block of features doesn't run.  On a
>> Windows machine gmsh works fine.
>> 
>> Both are Version 2.12.0  On Windows, the build date is 20160305.  On testing
>> the build date is 21060531.  I found a couple of web-posts dated 6/2 from
>> someone else with the same problem.  The postings discussed compiling the
>> code.  There were no replies.
>> 
>> The latest testing build date remains 5/31.   The unstable package is 2.13.
>> So obviously a newer version.
>> 
>> Is there a "not too complicated" way to update this one package from testing
>> to unstable?  Or is this not advisable?  The package has dependencies on
>> libc6.
>> 
>> Paul
>> 
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