Re: Questions about various upgrades: Netscape, XF etc.
Renaud Dreyer wrote:
>
> I've been running potato on my PowerMac 7300 for almost a year now,
> and am wondering if it would be the time to upgrade various
> packages.
>
> First, I assume I can safely upgrade to the Netscape 4.7x packages
> in woody (or is it sid?)? I'm running Netscape 4.6 right now.
I'd say so, the only problems I've had with 4.7 are related to Roaming Access.
> Second, I've been running Xfree 3.98 (beta version of 4) for a while
> now and I'd love to upgrade to the "real" thing. Are the XF 4.02
> pacakges I keep reading about compatible with potato or only with
> woody/sid?
The latter. You could build them yourself on potato though.
> Sould I simply upgrade to sid/woody? I'm feeling a little bit
> squeamish about such a radical change.
Changing to testing (woody) shouldn't be too radical but will get you
everything you want soon.
unstable (sid) is not for the faint of heart.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and The DRI Project
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