Hello, Now when Wheezy is about to be released I would like to raise an issue. How come that there are still so many outdated packages becoming part of Wheezy. Some package maintainers are very responsive in upgrading to new upstream releases, others are having packages several years old.
Something is not OK, compared to other distributions, why releasing outdated upstream software (I'm not thinking about essential packages here). Yes, I know about the rock solid stability, that's appreciated!. But it should also reflect current software. gcc-4.7 is a good example of current software (it will part of squeeze even if there were a lot of complaints recently...) The Debian package maintainer system is maybe too old-fashioned? Or more NMUs should be made/allowed/encouraged? I know all packaging is made by volunteers at their spare time, but anyway. Debian is one of the best distributions, what about raising the bar a little higher? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1342127161.4582.26.camel@x60