2013/10/6 Urmas <davian...@gmail.com> > "Tom Davies": > > By default most versions of Gnu&Linux (lets just call them distros) have a > set of "repos" (=repositories) which are a bit like vast warehouses of > programs and other software. > > ...Because Linux is inherently broken and cannot run vanilla builds of > software. Also repositories keep prehistoric versions of apps only, > backporting only the security issues fixes, which have to be manually > picked from the developer's VCS and manually patched in. So to fix a bug in > Foo 0.8.1 you need to upgrade your entire OS to get Foo 0.10.3 instead of > simply installing 0.8.2 or 0.11.1.
Well, «Umas», as a long-time GNU/Linux user, I wish to point out that your comment to the effect that «to fix a bug in Foo 0.8.1 you need to upgrade your entire OS to get Foo 0.10.3 instead of simply installing 0.8.2 or 0.11.1» is utterly false ; new updates of the various applications I use are offered to me more or less daily, and in many cases, I can automate the process by subscribing to so-called PPAs. Of course, the above assumes that «Foo 0.10.3» is intended as a stand in for a generic GNU/Linux application ; it, rather, it is intended to refer to a specific application which you produced all by yourself, then, indeed, your description may very well be true.... Henri -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
