Debian backports (under some conditions)

E721380

Debian backports (under some conditions) are selectively supported repositories providing newer software versions for stable Debian releases, for which the Debian Security Team may offer limited security support.

All labels observed (5)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Debian repository ⓘ
software repository ⓘ
appliesTo Debian stable releases ⓘ
linked to: Debian
basedOn packages from Debian testing ⓘ
packages from Debian unstable ⓘ
belongsTo Debian archive ⓘ
distribution Debian GNU/Linux ⓘ
linked to: Debian
documentation Debian release notes ⓘ
Debian wiki ⓘ
governedBy Debian backports policy ⓘ
hasPolicy backports follow Debian stable release cycle ⓘ
backports should not break Debian stable ⓘ
only selected packages are backported ⓘ
hasProperty intended for experienced users and administrators ⓘ
may receive limited security support ⓘ
not enabled by default ⓘ
optional repository ⓘ
packages have lower APT pin priority than stable by default ⓘ
selectively supported ⓘ
hasPurpose allow users of Debian stable to install newer packages ⓘ
provide newer software for Debian stable ⓘ
introducedFor making newer software available without upgrading to testing ⓘ
licensePolicy follows Debian main/contrib/non-free sections ⓘ
maintainedBy Debian backports maintainers ⓘ
operatedBy Debian developers ⓘ
linked to: Debian Developers

Debian project ⓘ
linked to: Debian
partOf Debian project ⓘ
linked to: Debian
provides newer versions of software packages ⓘ
qualityAssurance built on Debian buildds ⓘ
subject to Debian archive checks ⓘ
relatedTo Debian stable ⓘ
linked to: Debian

Debian testing ⓘ
Debian unstable ⓘ
repositoryType binary packages ⓘ
source packages ⓘ
requires explicit user choice to install backported packages ⓘ
explicit user configuration in APT sources.list ⓘ
pinning or -t option to install specific backports ⓘ
riskLevel higher than pure Debian stable ⓘ
scope subset of packages from testing or unstable ⓘ
securitySupportedBy Debian Security Team ⓘ
securitySupportScope limited ⓘ
not guaranteed for all packages ⓘ
targetUser Debian stable users ⓘ
updateMechanism standard Debian archive updates ⓘ
urlPattern deb http://deb.debian.org/debian <stable>-backports main ⓘ
usedWith APT ⓘ
versioningRule backported packages use higher version numbers than stable ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Debian Security Team → hasScope → Debian backports (under some conditions) ⓘ
Debian package archive → relatedTo → Debian backports archive ⓘ
linked to: Debian backports (under some conditions)
Debian backports → governedBy → Debian backports policy ⓘ
linked to: Debian backports (under some conditions)
Debian backports → maintainedBy → Debian backports maintainers ⓘ
linked to: Debian backports (under some conditions)
security.debian.org → supports → Debian LTS releases (via appropriate suites) ⓘ
linked to: Debian backports (under some conditions)