Out of Date Packages
Hi,
What would be the recommended way to find out if someone is still actively
maintaing a package? I few packages that I have upgraded myself haven't
been released in the past several months to keep up with up-stream
versions (Jed, Slang, Squid). Is there anyway to tell if a developer is
still actively supporting a package?
On another note, looking in the bug reports, slang's developer seems to be
awake and is working on a new version. I have compiled my own copy here
and installed with dpkg so I can compile the new jed, I gave it a
version of 0.99.38-0.1, will dpkg safely purge my installed copy and
update to 0.99.38-1 when it is released?
BTW, Kudos to the dpkg ppl, it is actually pretty simple to upgrade to new
upstream versions on your own, so long as the maintainer was carefull to
make non-intrusive changes to the sources ;>
Thanks,
Jason
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