LMDE and repositories after update pack3

[demosthenesk]

Hello,

A long time ago i changed my repositories for LMDE in order to get update pack 3.
After this time i have no update for a few months.

I am wondering, should i change the repositouries again back to the state before update pack 3?

My /etc/apt/sources.list has the following lines:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free


[Oscar799]

Moved here from the main forum

[Butthead]

I was wondering about this too?

[asymmetros]

Clem said:

When there's a nice 3.2 with MGSE and MATE and we're happy things work well upstream, that's when update pack 4 comes out. How big it is and how long it takes, it doesn't matter. If it does to you, you can follow testing on daily basis. The choice is there and if that's what you want you don't need to wait for Update Pack 4.

(see http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=185&t=86010&start=40 )

So, if you want more often upgrades, you have to change your sources to point testing not mint's latest/incoming.
If that is the case, your /etc/apt/sources.list must contain the following lines:

#### testing #########
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main non-free

and not the ones with latest or incoming

[kwisher]

I would like to switch to testing until the next Update Pack becomes ready, but I do not want to upgrade to gnome3 just yet. Can anyone provide some instructions to do this or is it possible?

[Butthead]

So, if you want more often upgrades, you have to change your sources to point testing not mint's latest/incoming.
If that is the case, your /etc/apt/sources.list must contain the following lines:

Okay, thanks for clarifying this for me!

[demosthenesk]

I would like to switch to testing until the next Update Pack becomes ready, but I do not want to upgrade to gnome3 just yet. Can anyone provide some instructions to do this or is it possible?

Yes that is an issue but i think we can choose which packages to update.

Thanks me too.