Hi, I guess this answers some questions:
http://www.opencsw.org/community/questions/8/unstable-testing-stable-catalogs</x>-which-should-i-use Am 14.12.12 schrieb [email protected] (Jeffery Small): > Even though I reread the "Which catalog should I use", "Latest > announcements" and "Release branches" pages on the website, I have to say I > am still confused by what is going on with the CSW releases</x>. > > I'm still pulling from the "current" release which has seen no updates for > some time. It is unclear whether current and dublin are identical, but I > have been assuming</x> that they are. > > My best understanding is that volatile "testing" packages later move into > "unstable", and then finally migrate to kiel, which is scheduled as the > next full package release. Is that correct? When kiel goes live, will it > become the new "current" repository? But from comments made on some of the > above referenced pages, it looks like a number of packages may be dropped > from the kiel release as compared to dublin. Is that also correct? And > finally, it looks like a number of user-oriented, non-server packages (for > example, gimp) are no longer being maintained. Is that correct? > As long I have some native (not VDI) SunRay installations, I will build some packages for 'not elsewhere available' packages like gimp, evince, gthumb, librecad, ... > > > I think an expanded discussion of these issues placed on the "release > branches" page would be helpful. My inability to really understand what > the current philosophy is with CSW is making me reluctant to update, as I > do not feel confident that if I do so, everything I currently rely upon > will continue to work. Any clarification would be appreciated. > -- > C. Jeffery Small > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > Regards -- Carsten Grzemba Email: [email protected] contac Datentechnik GmbH
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