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Mercurial 3.x for Trusty and backports sync

Asked by anatoly techtonik

Why there iare no backports for Mercurial? It is pretty backward compatible and users don't deserve to live with old bugs.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you report a bug. If the bug and security fixes are significant then the package will be updated sooner.

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anatoly techtonik (techtonik) said : 		#2

Trying to.

Stuck with https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-dev-tools/+bug/1247539

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anatoly techtonik (techtonik) said : 		#3

Is it possible to setup automatic backports from Debian? Is there a button for that?

Debian backport for stable version - https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/mercurial

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anatoly techtonik (techtonik) said : 		#4

Reported. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1414492 Wheew. 7 hours to get through all gotchas.