On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 09:45:31AM +0900, rost52 wrote: > I saw on the Debian LibO page > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libr/libreoffice.html that 3.5.4 is > "stable", > 4.1.6.2 is "testing" and 4.2.4-2 is "unstable".
Those are the Debian "releases". Where only stable is the "real" Debian release, the rest is just intermediate development versions. https://www.debian.org/releases/ > LibO released about a week ago 4.2.4-2 (I use it on No, it released 4.2.4. Anyways, yes, I know and that was uploaded on that exact day. > Asking about the "age" of LibO at the Linux Mint forum, I was advice that the > Debian maintainer > decide on newer releases after testing and was also given the link > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libr/libreoffice.html. And it still follows the standard Debian release process. > Now please allow me some questions: > 1-Why are the versions 3.5.4 called "stable", 4.1.6.2 "testing" and 4.2.4-2 > is "unstable" at the > Debian page? Because debian stable contains 3.5.4. This was because it was released already 1 year ago (4 May 2013) and was though alonger freeze before that. And 3.6.x missed that (yes, I was conservative and didn't upload it in time.) Debian testing currently contains 4.1.6 and Debian unstable currently contains 4.2.4. Period. (I uploaded 4.2.x to unstable quite late becasue I wanted 4.1.6 in there and migrate to testing first) Testing at some time (I am working on it - will be updates to 4.2.x, see https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/ and https://www.debian.org/devel/testing. And unfortunately 4.2.x is not yet ready in that criteria..) > 2-When can I expect that the LMDE will be updated to 4.2.4.2? I've no idea how LMDE selects of what it syncs from. Ask them. Not me. This is Debian, not LMDE. > 3-Is there a way that I can be of help? Unlikely, given you don't understand the basics of Debians releases :) Regards, Rene -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
