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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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