Le Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 08:45:11AM -0000, yigal.weinstein a écrit : > I know I am writing a lot. But I also realize the above comment doesn't > make very much sense. The latest Maxima on Sourceforge is 5.11. I am > interested in building Maxima on a long term basis using the most recent > version for Ubuntu.
Hi, there is a very simple way to try to build a package with the new upstream version : - Download the sources of the package and unpack them. - Download the new upstream sources and unpack them. - copy the debian directory from the package sources to the new usptream sources. - Edit the file debian/changelog to match the new version number. - build binary packages with debian/rules binary. If this works, you have packages to install on your system, and if they work well you can report to the package maintainer that there is a new upstream version which builds fine with his current debian directory, and that the resulting binary packages are functionnal. William will correct me if I am wrong (I am not an Ubuntu member), but it is better if your first try ask the Debian developper to upgrade his package. This benefits to more persons, and due to the design of Ubuntu, it also saves time from the MOTUs Have a nice day, -- Charles Plessy http://charles.plessy.org Wako, Saitama, Japan -- Why not use 5.11 https://launchpad.net/bugs/92715 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
