[PLUG] Debian 3.0, .deb application availability.
Russell Senior
seniorr at aracnet.com
Wed Jul 31 23:06:49 UTC 2002
>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Stair <eli.stair.lists at attbi.com> writes:
Eli> My main complaint with Debian, and a sticking point with any
Eli> package-based distro, is that it _seemed_ that popular (read:
Eli> new) .debs were always months behind release of the software.
Eli> There wasn't enough community support behind packaging apps in
Eli> .deb format, thus no resource equivalent to rpmfind.net.
Eli> Has that aspect changed much? Other than that issue I found it
Eli> to be superb.
Well, one solution is to use "unstable". I do, and rarely have
problems.
Another solution if you want newer versions is to "build-your-own".
I do this with Samba, because the Debian-packaged Samba has a bunch of
unwanted dependencies, like CUPS, last time I looked.
My understanding is that the "stable" packages don't get new versions,
but bug fixes are often incorporated in package revisions.
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