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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 7:50 AM, Peter Stuge (peter AT stuge DOT se) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
> Juergen Harms (juergen DOT harms AT unige DOT ch) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> distributions have the policy of strictly limiting the distributed
>> software to stable versions of upstream packages.
>
> Yes, it's really sad that distributions offer so little added value.
> There is a huge potential for distribution differentiation in
> following upstreams much more closely. Oh well.

I run gentoo and for all it's faults (of which there are many) a lot
of software has packages that are stable, unstable and cvs. Oddly geda
only has stable and unstable.

>> this average user does not profit from the results of what is being
>> discussed on this list: geda-gaf probably looks more or less dead
>> to him. Can this be improved?
>
> Yes it can. It requires man- and womanpower for release engineering,
> which is sometimes very easy and sometimes not easy at all. One part
> is the mechanical package creation, more challenging is to tie up all
> loose ends that are hanging around, so that a release can be made
> with a promise of being a consistent improvement (minimize regressions).
>
> It is possible to help with this process as a user, but it does
> require stepping out of the package manager box, and potentially
> even building from source yourself. :\
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> //Peter



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