Anil Duggirala wrote: > Im a newbie and would like to know why libraries in Jessie are some much > more up to date than in wheezy ? If the libraries have been tested and > are stable then why arent they available in the wheezy repositories. I > had a terrible time, trying to get a newer version of glibc to play some > games in wheezy, and the version in jessie is much more up to date, > thanks for the info,
If everything in Wheezy 7 were upgraded to the latest best known versions then it would be called Jessie 8. That is exactly how Jessie 8 was created. Jessie 8 is Wheezy 7 with all of the libraries and other packages updated. Bob
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