On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 05:53:27PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > If the Debian packages are not as good as the upstream ones, such that > you end up having to use the upstream ones for some reason, then that > also seems like a bug. If you can help the Debian maintainer to fix that > bug (e.g. by getting newer upstream versions into experimental, or by > fixing deficiencies of the packaging that are done better upstream, or > whatever), problem also solved.
There's only one experimental, the upstream can have more branches. During Debian freeze, an upstream may offer for example: * the newest release * upcoming beta branch * trunk Another reason is that the latter two will often have nightly builds. You can't expect a Debian maintainer to make uploads to experimental daily, while it's easy for an upstream script to do that. -- // If you believe in so-called "intellectual property", please immediately // cease using counterfeit alphabets. Instead, contact the nearest temple // of Amon, whose priests will provide you with scribal services for all // your writing needs, for Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory prices. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150220183149.ga17...@angband.pl
