-----Original Message----- From: MilesTogoe [mailto:miles.togoe@...400...] Sent: maandag 3 maart 2008 11:07 To: Engelen, J.B.C. (Johan) Cc: inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] 0.46 release debate
J.B.C.Engelen@...1578... wrote:
I.o.w. I do not quite grasp what the release dates of linux
distros are for, other than that it is all nicely packaged on a CD or DVD; but I am sure most users would check internet for new updates anyway?
it has to do with what goes into the official repositories besides the DVD versions. Thus, users doing an "sudo apt-get install inkscape" or "yum install inkscape" will get the version in the official repository. To avoid dependency problems, only security patched updates get added to the repositories (usually in a separate security respository that is checked in your "update" program).
Nothing stops Inkscapers from having specific packages on it's own website, it's just more work for someone to be a maintainer for each version posted and all the dependent libraries that are not included in a user's installation won't be automatically installed (part of what makes a "great" package management system). Thus, it's much harder for first-time users to install.
Sorry to get off-topic here but... so the whole official repository is updated *only* a couple of times (say 3) per year with program updates that are not security patches? I find that hard to believe with the updates I was getting. Perhaps I installed a more progressive repository... (because it did install all dependencies automatically etc.) ? How do Linux users get 0.46.1 ? Manually?
Confused, Johan