--- Christopher Maujean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'd like to go to exim, but i just don't have the time to
> learn a new mail
> system at this point. So, I'd like to keep up with
> current versions.
> Current released (non-beta) version of sendmail is in the
> 8.11.6 range, but
> potato is at 8.9. I understand that debian is mainly
> volunteer effort and all
> so i'm not being impatient, just curious why debian seems
> to be minor versions
> behind on most of the software I use..
because Potato is _stable_.... meaning it's a snapshot, and
it's OLD.... often up to a year or more... that is why they
do the patches, instead of upgrading... if you run stable,
you want it _stable_, rock solid, KNOWN.
If you want to run current stuff, the question is why?
A stable bug-FIXED system is often better. If you _must_
run something more current, you can install the packages
from testing or unstable, even from binary packages, or
from source... it is easier to install via source, less
trouble with 'partial' upgrades (in other words, just a few
packages)
add a unstable or testing deb-src line to your sources.list
file, and then do a apt-get source -b (build) for the
package. It will get it from the newer stuff, and build
correctly in most cases.
Seth
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