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On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > Juergen Harms (juergen DOT harms AT unige DOT ch) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: >> distributions have the policy of strictly limiting the distributed >> software to stable versions of upstream packages. > > Yes, it's really sad that distributions offer so little added value. > There is a huge potential for distribution differentiation in > following upstreams much more closely. Oh well. I wouldn't blame distributions. As a plain user, I wouldn't know when to use a current git version either. Is there a place where developers announce that a specific VCS version is stable, or how do I know it's not some WIP/experimental stuff at the moment I pull? Or is it guaranteed (more or less) that a specific branch is always stable after each push/merge/whatever? And then how often should I look and try the new version? Should the distribution's package manager upload 15 new packages a day if the upstream VCS changed 15 times that day? Releases can solve this: when upstream rolls a new release, at least the developers/maintainers of the upstream think that version of the stuff is stable. This is a signal from upstream to users and distributions. Regards, Igor2
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