Re: Why is Debian lagging so much behind Slackware?

[harsha <harshu@hd2.vsnl.net.in>]

hi,

On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 04:43:19AM -0500, Colin Watson wrote:
> > 
> > Well, to an extent. Sometimes when you report a problem with a package,
> > the maintainer's reply is basically, "well, use the latest one from
> > unstable or wherever, that should work, I'm not interested in fixing the
> > old version too",
> 
> Disinterest in old versions is part of it - but also, package
> maintainers usually can't update the versions in stable except for
> security problems and the like. The upload simply wouldn't be accepted.
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't mean to sound rude. A little curious as to why. If would be
really great, if you point where is the whole process of maintaining 
a package is documented. Then I guess I would be able to tell people who
would raise such questions in future.

regards
harsha

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