Re: Software version issue

2014-10-07 Thread Joe
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 23:29:34 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:05:08AM +0100, Joe wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:52:51 +0300 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > On Lu, 06 oct 14, 21:26:33, Joe wrote: > > > > > > > > So your choice is between testing and unstable, Jessi

Re: Software version issue

2014-10-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:05:08AM +0100, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:52:51 +0300 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Lu, 06 oct 14, 21:26:33, Joe wrote: > > > > > > So your choice is between testing and unstable, Jessie and Sid. Sid > > > is a rougher ride, more likely to have things broken

Re: Software Version Issue

2014-10-07 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 12:05:12PM -0700, PETER ZOELLER wrote: >Hi: >I have been using Debian for sometime and am happy with the distribution.  >However I recently experienced a problem with the Gimp supplied by Debian >and contacted the Gimp organization with the issue I was having

Re: Software version issue

2014-10-07 Thread Joe
On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:52:51 +0300 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 06 oct 14, 21:26:33, Joe wrote: > > > > So your choice is between testing and unstable, Jessie and Sid. Sid > > is a rougher ride, more likely to have things broken at any time and > > without warning, but for the next (approximate

Re: Software version issue

2014-10-06 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 oct 14, 21:26:33, Joe wrote: > > So your choice is between testing and unstable, Jessie and Sid. Sid is > a rougher ride, more likely to have things broken at any time and > without warning, but for the next (approximately) six months it is the > only distribution which will receive new

Re: Software version issue

2014-10-06 Thread Michael Grant
Peter, Try adding back-ports to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://http.debian.net/debian wheezy-backports main and then run apt-get update and then try updating gimp and see if it updates it. I did not check specifically for gimp, but if there is no newer version of gimp in backports, you

Re: Software version issue

2014-10-06 Thread Joe
On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 11:43:53 -0700 PETER ZOELLER wrote: > > > Hi: > > I have been using Debian for sometime and am happy with the > distribution. However I recently experienced a problem with the Gimp > supplied by Debian and contacted the Gimp organization with the issue > I was having. I

Software Version Issue

2014-10-06 Thread PETER ZOELLER
Hi: I have been using Debian for sometime and am happy with the distribution. However I recently experienced a problem with the Gimp supplied by Debian and contacted the Gimp organization with the issue I was having. I subsequently discovered through this contact that the version of Gimp s

Software version issue

2014-10-06 Thread PETER ZOELLER
Hi: I have been using Debian for sometime and am happy with the distribution. However I recently experienced a problem with the Gimp supplied by Debian and contacted the Gimp organization with the issue I was having. I subsequently discovered through this contact that the version of Gimp s