Pietro Battiston [2008-11-24 16:10 -0000]:
> However there is a small problem - don't know if this is another bug or
> something that usually happens with libraries backporting and is
> considered normal:
No, it isn't. -proposed should be perfectly installable.
> if one has "proposed" enabled, it is impossible to
> install libgnomecanvas2-dev, because it is still the old version
That's weird. The master archive on archive.ubuntu.com is okay:
Pietro Battiston [2008-11-24 16:10 -0000]:
> However there is a small problem - don't know if this is another bug or
> something that usually happens with libraries backporting and is
> considered normal:
No, it isn't. -proposed should be perfectly installable.
> if one has "proposed" enabled, it is impossible to -dev, because it is still the old version
> install libgnomecanvas2
That's weird. The master archive on archive.ubuntu.com is okay:
$ rmadison -s intrepid-proposed -S libgnomecanvas -common | 2.20.1.1-1ubuntu3 | intrepid-proposed | all
libgnomecanvas | 2.20.1.1-1ubuntu3 | intrepid-proposed | source
libgnomecanvas2-0 | 2.20.1.1-1ubuntu3 | intrepid-proposed | amd64, i386
libgnomecanvas2
libgnomecanvas2-dev | 2.20.1.1-1ubuntu3 | intrepid-proposed | amd64, i386
libgnomecanvas2-doc | 2.20.1.1-1ubuntu3 | intrepid-proposed | all
Maybe your mirror has a problem? Which one are you using?