On 01/11/2018 03:48 AM, Óvári wrote: > ring is already the newest version (20171129.2.cf5bbff~dfsg1-1).
that is the latest deb package - there is a newer version available but upgrading is not at all necessary unless you have some specific reason to need the update - if there were a problem with the current packaged version then it would be updated promptly by the maintainer - in other words, the fact that it has not been updated this month should indicate that there is nothing wrong with the current version and that the changes in the latest version are minimal - if you do need the upgrade for some reason you could build it yourself from git or send email to the package maintainer asking for an upgraded package it is the very reason for using a distro such as debian and getting your software from it's package manager is that the end-user should not be concerned with version numbers - the end-user should simply assume that the stable packaged version is perfectly usable for it's stated purpose - in most packages, if bugs are found they are typically fixed in the current version even if no new upstream version is available - for this reason, version numbers are mostly unimportant what there should be on the website though is a change-log or release notes that would indicate if there is anything in the latest version that would be a necessary or desirable reason to update - the mere fact that the version number is higher is not, in itself, any reason to upgrade - without a change-log or release notes there is no definitive reason for anyone to upgrade you can get the latest package version number and the email address of the maintainer in a terminal like: $ apt show ring-gnome you can see which stable releases are available here: https://dl.ring.cx/ring-release/tarballs/
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