[josm-dev] new package repository for Ubuntu

[colliar]

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Am 26.12.2011 18:18, schrieb David Paleino:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:30:27 +0100, colliar wrote:
> 
>> Am 25.12.2011 09:42, schrieb David Paleino:

Thanks for your work David (I read your name on many update informations
these days).

>> Only problem I have is with stable (squeeze). It is really outdated. Is
>> there any change of updating ? Maybe use backports ?
> 
> "Stable" doesn't -- generally speaking -- accept new versions of packages. The
> only way josm could be upgraded in stable is when OSM changes API to 0.7 (or it
> becomes otherwise unusable). Also then, the preferred "form of upgrade" would
> be a minimal patch to support the new API -- so no new JOSM, really ;) (hey,
> it's called "stable" for a reason).
This is true for the surroundings + dependencies but defenitly not for
JOSM itself !

You might have a testing and a unstable version but no stable in the
sence of debian.

Personally, I would advice everyone to not use r33..

> (also notice that, to be in backports, we need to make sure that all the needed
> lib*-java packages are there, at the right versions. So it could be an easy
> task, or a daunting one.)

Sorry do not have much time myself, but maybe I can have a look at the
dependencies.

Cheers Colliar
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