Re: [Monotone-devel] MonotoneOnDebian
Zack Weinberg za...@panix.com writes: On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:12 PM, hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: In http://monotone.ca/wiki/MonotoneOnDebian/ it says, Monotone packages can currently be found in the Debian repositories. Monotone changes very rapidly and versions in sarge and etch may be slightly dated. It is recommend that you use the monotone package from the monotone website or the version that is in sid/unstable which is generally kept up to date. But going to the monotone website, I find no .deb packages for etch. There are packages for Suse, but that's not the same. Hm, perhaps that should be reworded. The .deb on the website is generally built against sid, and I doubt it will work on etch myself. We generally haven't bothered doing backports but if you grab the source package from sid (0.40-7) it should build fine against etch's libraries. I agree that the paragraph should be removed. It is no longer true that monotone changes very rapidly; in fact, it has an amazing track record of backwards compatibility (at the netsync level) since 0.26. The changes in database schema are more frequent but not generally a problem since migration is painless. The user interface has remained clear, simple and consistent all along despite the new features. That's one of the reasons I like monotone so much and I'm happy using whatever version of monotone is in Debian (currently 0.40-7), even if it is not the latest. -- Ludovic Brenta. ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
[Monotone-devel] MonotoneOnDebian
In http://monotone.ca/wiki/MonotoneOnDebian/ it says, Monotone packages can currently be found in the Debian repositories. Monotone changes very rapidly and versions in sarge and etch may be slightly dated. It is recommend that you use the monotone package from the monotone website or the version that is in sid/unstable which is generally kept up to date. But going to the monotone website, I find no .deb packages for etch. There are packages for Suse, but that's not the same. If the words monotone package from the monotone website mean the source archive, it should be made clearer. If they refer to .deb packages, they are missing or at least hard to find. Or do sid packages for monotone currently work for etch? If so, it's unusual for packages to successfully span such a wide gap in releases. -- hendrik ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] MonotoneOnDebian
hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: Or do sid packages for monotone currently work for etch? If so, it's unusual for packages to successfully span such a wide gap in releases. I doubt it. The libc version will too be different. Something compiled for Etch might work on Sid, but not vice versa. It may be possible to recompile the source package for Etch (not tested). The easiest solution may be to download the statically compiled binary and install in in /usr/local/bin. (also consider upgrading to Lenny now it is the new stable) -- Brian May br...@microcomaustralia.com.au ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
Re: [Monotone-devel] MonotoneOnDebian
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 6:12 PM, hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: In http://monotone.ca/wiki/MonotoneOnDebian/ it says, Monotone packages can currently be found in the Debian repositories. Monotone changes very rapidly and versions in sarge and etch may be slightly dated. It is recommend that you use the monotone package from the monotone website or the version that is in sid/unstable which is generally kept up to date. But going to the monotone website, I find no .deb packages for etch. There are packages for Suse, but that's not the same. Hm, perhaps that should be reworded. The .deb on the website is generally built against sid, and I doubt it will work on etch myself. We generally haven't bothered doing backports but if you grab the source package from sid (0.40-7) it should build fine against etch's libraries. zw ___ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
