Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 19, 2003 at 08:42:37PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: >>... >> I contacted the SRM about the possibility of inclusion of gimp-print >> 4.2.5-1woody0 in a point release, but I've not had any reply yet. It >> doesn't meed the usual criteria for a stable release, but this type of >> update would greatly improve the "woody experience" for users of >> stable. > > This is a case where a new version of gimp-print would help you. > > I know many people who need a new version of SANE for their printer. > > Some people will soon need support for kernel 2.6. > > My Matrox G550 requires XFree86 >= 4.2 . > > > If you start to include new versions, like you suggest for gimp-print, > into stable it's worse than an official backport - people upgrading to > the latest point release will automatically get an improved new version, > but this version might contain new bugs that affect them.
I'm not sure (in the case of Gimp-Print) that this would be true. 4.2.5 is a stable point release, only incorporating bugfixes and quality improvements. Any regressions have surely been caught--the last four point releases have all featured in releases of Mandrake, SuSE et. al. There is a new point release (4.2.6) due out, but it is only very trivial bug fixes, which are not fixing regressions from prior versions. In this case, it really would be a drop-in replacement. Regards, Roger -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 available on public keyservers