[OSM-dev] MoNav 0.3 Released

[David Paleino]

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On Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:38:25 +0100, Kevin Peat wrote:

> On 23 April 2011 15:35, David Paleino <dapal at debian.org> wrote:
> 
> > Also, would you please stop distributing unofficial .deb packages?
> 
> So if I want to use the latest version of something I have to wait for Mark
> Shuttleworth & Co. to package it up for me

No, usually the maintainer packages the latest released tarball. Or even a
snapshot, like the current Debian package is.

If you really need some newer version of some software -- which the maintainer
forgot to prepare --, or some feature backported, just file a bug to the package
maintainer.

> and then do a complete distribution upgrade to get it. I don't think so.

That's plain wrong. You don't need to upgrade the whole distribution to get ONE
package. Google for "APT pinning", or similar methods, to stay up-to-date on
some package.

Please, don't get me wrong. But I really don't want to have bugs filed for
unofficial packages. Christian can obviously provide whatever he wishes. But
then I can't assure it will work with the rest of the distribution.

That said, do what you prefer. Next time I receive a bug about a unofficial
package, I'll point people to this thread.

Kindly,
David

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