Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> writes: > On 05/04/12 00:14, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
>> So you don't support for instance 1.0~git20120503, then? (the git >> snapshot from today of what will become 1.0) > What a weird idea. > 1.0_pre20120503 maybe, but why package a snapshot like that when you can > just have a "live" packages that checks out and builds from git directly > ... (and have that updated whenever it tickles your fancy) Usually because the maintainer has ported distribution-specific patches to that version, has tested it, and has confirmed that it actually works. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87sjfh1b77....@windlord.stanford.edu
