pub crawler dijo [Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 03:36:17AM -0400]:
> Saw a few posts on the list lately about old config files... That set
> a trigger off in my brain.
> 
> Wanted to note that Ubuntu 8.10 (latest release) has Cherokee in
> Synaptic. However, the version being pushed out via that is 0.7.2-4.
> 
> Is there some way to get the newer packages made official by Ubuntu so
> new folks aren't getting ancient package of Cherokee via Synaptic and
> having a lesser experience?
> 
> Not sure if this might be contributing to old config files... But
> worth noting...

I am answering to this as we work quite closely.

Most Linux distributions follow certain guidelines, among which is not
to bump up the versions of packages in their stable releases. 8.10,
yes, is a stable release - and it shipped with 0.7.2-4 [1] - Quite
sensible at the time (I uploaded that package into Debian on September
1 2008, and the quick progression since started with 0.8.1-1 on
September 24, probably after their Debian Unstable sync. And 0.8 was a
short-lived release, and 0.9 made some important changes which took me
quite a bit of time to get integrated).

Yes, for those that want the latest and the greatest and the breakest,
that's what unstable branches (and Leonel's PPA) are for. Leonel is
always pushing me to hurry with new releases. Yes, a stable release
will never carry the latest upstream code (specially when it moves as
fast as Cherokee has during the last couple of months). The upcoming
version of Ubuntu (9.04) will ship with 0.11.6-1. 

Greetings,

[1] http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=cherokee

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