instructions for how to test newer releases

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+Testing new version of mdadm
+============================
+
+The easiest way to test new mdadm packages is by adding my package repository
+(i386/amd64) to your sources.list file, and configuring the APT pins
+appropriately:
+
+---8<---
+# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+deb http://debian.madduck.net/repo sid main
+_eof
+# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/preferences
+Package: *
+Pin: release a=sid, release o=madduck
+Pin-Priority: 50
+
+Package: mdadm
+Pin: release a=sid, release o=madduck
+Pin-Priority: 600
+_eof
+# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
+---8<---
+
+Alternatively, you can just download the package for i386[0] or amd64[1]:
+
+  0. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sid/main/binary-i386/admin/
+  1. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/admin/
+
+If you're running sarge and are willing to test, that would be great! I've
+prepared backports, which you can use like so (note how you need backported
+debconf and lsb-base packages too, which are to be found in the backports.org
+archive [2]; see also further down for direct links):
+
+  2. http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
+
+---8<---
+# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/sources.list
+deb http://debian.madduck.net/repo sarge-backports main
+## unless you have backports already enabled:
+deb http://www.backports.org/debian sarge-backports main
+_eof
+# cat <<_eof >> /etc/apt/preferences
+Package: *
+Pin: release a=sarge-backports, release o=madduck
+Pin-Priority: 50
+
+Package: mdadm
+Pin: release a=sarge-backports, release o=madduck
+Pin-Priority: 600
+
+Package: debconf
+Pin: release a=sarge-backports
+Pin-Priority: 600
+
+Package: lsb-base
+Pin: release a=sarge-backports
+Pin-Priority: 600
+_eof
+# apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
+---8<---
+
+The mdadm backport can also be directly downloaded for i386[3] or amd64[4], the
+needed debconf[5] and lsb-base[6] reside in the backports.org archive.
+
+  3. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sarge-backports/main/binary-i386/admin/
+  4. http://debian.madduck.net/repo/dists/sarge-backports/main/binary-amd64/admin/
+  5. http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/d/debconf/
+  6. http://backports.org/debian/pool/main/l/lsb/
+
+Much appreciated!
+
+ -- martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org>  Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:16:21 +0100
+
+$Id$