On Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:30:27 +0100, colliar wrote: > Am 25.12.2011 09:42, schrieb David Paleino: > > On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:59:17 +0100, Paul Hartmann wrote: > > > >> On 12/25/2011 02:01 AM, David Paleino wrote: > >>> On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:19:25 +0100, Paul Hartmann wrote: > >> [..] > >> > >> Therefore the Ubuntu distribution model with fixed versions for half a > >> year isn't really suitable for our project. (May be different on Debian, > >> where you can install from "unstable" (?).) > > or testing ( or backports ?)
It depends -- from unstable you always get the latest JOSM. In testing you have a version of josm which makes the "josm-plugins" package installable. Personally I don't use it myself (while I maintain it), because I use the packaged josm + plugins downloaded from inside the program. I cannot speak for backports, see below. > > Truly speaking, you could this in Ubuntu too -- just add the "newest" > > repository, and pin josm to be installed from there. > > In unstable I upload the package as soon as I get some spare time _and_ I > > notice there is a new version -- that usually means that JOSM in Debian can > > be at most 2-3 days delayed from upstream. Unless major problems happen :) > > +1 > > Only problem I have is with stable (squeeze). It is really outdated. Is > there any change of updating ? Maybe use backports ? "Stable" doesn't -- generally speaking -- accept new versions of packages. The only way josm could be upgraded in stable is when OSM changes API to 0.7 (or it becomes otherwise unusable). Also then, the preferred "form of upgrade" would be a minimal patch to support the new API -- so no new JOSM, really ;) (hey, it's called "stable" for a reason). Yes, backports could be a solution. But we severely lack manpower -- I basically maintain myself most of OSM-related things in Debian, as even my usual josm co-maintainer is busy atm. If we had more people helping, probably josm could be packaged in backports :) (that's the main reason of my first message: spending manpower when there's no real need doesn't seem too wise ;)) (also notice that, to be in backports, we need to make sure that all the needed lib*-java packages are there, at the right versions. So it could be an easy task, or a daunting one.) Have a nice evening, David -- . ''`. Debian developer | http://wiki.debian.org/DavidPaleino : :' : Linuxer #334216 --|-- http://www.hanskalabs.net/ `. `'` GPG: 1392B174 ----|---- http://deb.li/dapal `- 2BAB C625 4E66 E7B8 450A C3E1 E6AA 9017 1392 B174
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