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Re: binary packages versus source



On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 02:10:23PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 09:58:13AM +0200, pietia wrote:
> >    
> > >
> > > so , why the developers doesn't recompile their packages ? Or why there are 
> > > no
> > > packages in two version (compiled using gcc 3 and 4 )?
> > >
> > > Sorry  for my questions - if sounds stupid.
> > 
> > THe binaries you download from debian repositories are built using an
> > automatic system. THat system must be stable and reliable. So, it uses
> > and older, more tested and stable version of gcc to compile. 
> > 
> > At least that's how I understand it.
> 
> No, the debian buildds run unstable (except for the buildds used to build
> updates for stable).

oops. thanks.

A

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