Re: Debian repository: no updates for PygreSQL package
On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 09:32:46AM -0500, Tony Baldwin wrote:
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> On 11/09/2016 06:59 AM, Loren Dvid wrote:
> >Hello,
> >In debian 6.0 and 7.0 the latest stable version of PygreSQL package is 4.0
> >http://www.pygresql.org/contents/changelog.html
> >This version is from 2009. The newest stable version is 5.0.2
> >Why the repository is not being updated?
> >
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> This is common in the Stable release.
> If you want the latest pkgs, you need to use testing (stretch) or
> experimental/unstable (sid)
> For some things, you can get newer pkgs from backports:
> see https://backports.debian.org/
> Or, for some things, sometimes you can get away with installing upstream
> pkgs (from the actual project/developers).
> this is what I do for OmegaT, which is important for my work, and it's only
> dependency is a working jre. The current upstream release is 3.06, whereas
> the version in Jessie is still 2.3, which is several years old. with some
> things you really have to be careful about dependency conflicts if you try
> to use upstream pkgs.
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> see https://www.debian.org/releases/index.en.html
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The OP wasn't even talking about stable, he mentioned Debian 6 and 7,
which are prehistoric and ancient, respectively. (loved 'em both, in
their day -- but now is not their day)
I'd turn the question back around and ask the OP, why do you expect
long-since end-of-life versions of Debian to be updated with new
software?
Current stable is Debian 8 (Jessie). And it is not likely to pick up new
versions either. It became stable a couple of years back (sorry I don't
remember exactly when and don't have time to look it up, but you can see
on Debian's website). To get updated software you need to be using
testing or unstable.
Mark
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