On Tuesday 09 March 2010, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote:
>On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Steve Wray <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Can anyone suggest a distro that tracks Amanda upstream reasonably well?
>> Ie doesn't include bug-ridden versions in their stable releases...
>
>I'm a Gentoo user, and they're up to date:
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-backup/amanda
>Stefan is one of the maintainers there, which helps.
>
>FreeBSD is also on top of its stuff:
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/misc/amanda-server/
>
>Fedora is reasonably up to date:
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/amanda
>
>I checked Slackware, but their package browser has been down for as
>long as I can remember.
>
>I also checked OpenBSD, and they still have Amanda-2.4.5! *Now* I
>know why the OpenBSD guys at the users' group I went to were so
>critical of Amanda -- they haven't seen a remotely recent version!
>
>> Not that I'm accusing the Amanda people of releasing bug-ridden software
>> but hey we all make mistakes. Its the putting right that counts.
>
>Actually, if I can toot Jean-Louis' horn for a minute, we do release
>some pretty top-notch stuff, and it's mostly because Jean-Louis is
>amazingly attentive to details and compatibility.
>
>I think that this may enable distros to keep old versions - if users
>never complain about bugs in 2.5.1, then why upgrade?
>
>Dustin
>
Well, TBT Dustin, other than the rather terse ChangeLog, no one seems to be
using much ink bragging about the newest bells and whistles. Some timely
article submissions to the review sites might let them know that the old girl
hasn't turned grey or started to have hot flashes.
--
Cheers, Gene
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