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These topics seem to come up frequently, please check the archives for much more discussion. On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Pablo De Napoli wrote: > The current version of Xfree is 3.3.5 ( from ftp.xfree86.org) but the > xfree in the stable release is 3.3.3 (I think) . This is crucial since > some video cards (like Sis 620) are only supported by the new version. > > The same happens with gnome (I was able to get from ftp.gnome.org debian > packages for slink that are newer than the ones from ftp.debian.org , but > they are not there any more). For a good discussion of the reasons stable is mildly out-of-date, check this thread: http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9910/msg00002.html > I think that we should consider: > > 1) Create some easy-to-use tools for making debian packages ( not for > experts I mean) in order that everybody can make a debian package and > so debian is updated faster (or perhaps we could get debian packages > from elsewhere , if someone want to make a program freely avaliable it > would be nice that he could make easy a debian package). Making a _good_ package isn't something you can make extremely simple. The tools the actual developers use are available, and they are pretty easy to use as long as you can follow a few HOWTOs (look in the Developer's section of the website). If you really want the new stuff that badly, and you don't mind a little risk if instability, check out unstable. And remember to file bug reports if you find any bugs! > 2) Try to agree with the other linux distributions in a uniform package > format . I think we should consider use the "rpm" format for debian. > The are excelent tools from red-hat (under GPL) for installing rpm > ( glint is more intuitive than dselect ) , and let me say that is easy to > find "rpm" packages than "deb". Why? Debs actually have quite a few advantages over rpms. Other people don't share this opinion. I'll stop now lest i provoke an even greater flamewar. Check the archives, other replies to your post, and the web for discussions of the matter. Oddly enough, a few people (me for one) find dselect very easy to use. If you don't, check out console-apt or gnome-apt. - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOAP7CL7M/9WKZLW5AQHxoQP/SClNQulbeAfeaBV1vKvWi4imwr1DZyby htSJ+4wGv9dN2FTANAvKno7+rLMnRlkjJpgY9Msqw7irD5Jf9VKhDTZQDyGzBpMO EKsB2lZZ5ZuKFeUPLzXQtHoXhLIGEbwJlTT9opr+oVGQoV5piY5qCzC+SHeoDIxa ka3EDHZJhRc= =IhbM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
