Backporting packages to older distros

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Dec 21 14:27:39 UTC 2005


Paul Howarth wrote:
> I see that perl-String-CRC32 was added to rawhide yesterday; this module 
> was on my to-do list for Extras as it's a dep of another module I want 
> to use. Obviously I won't need to introduce it on the devel branch but 
> I'd like to have it on the FC-4 branch. What's the procedure for doing 
> this? Introduce the package as normal, then request the FC-4 branch and 
> removal of the devel branch on the Extras/CVSSync Needed page?

Sounds reasonable to me.

-- Rex




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