> As a new Debian user who migrated from Slackware, one of the > few things I find a comparative disadvantage is being dropped > back to earlier releases of certain programs. I spend close > to 50% of my Linux time using two programs, an editor and > a WWW browser, and in both cases the current Debian version > is several months out of date.
Which editor and browser are you talking about? Are you looking at the "stable" or the "development" directory tree? I maintain the "netscape" package and it is right up to date. You have to look at the development tree to see it, though. (Well, it _will_ be up-to-date as soon as it gets moved out of Incoming.) > The last thing I want to do is to pester a volunteer who is > freely donating time to hurry up with a new package. On > the other hand, it would seem that keeping up with new releases > should be part of the maintainer's responsibility. What is the > etiquette on requesting or inquiring about package updates, if > any? Personally, I'm more than happy to receive a short, polite note telling me that a later version of Netscape has been released. > And in the meantime, I assume it would be best to remove the two > packages in question and put binaries of the newer versions in > /usr/local/bin, rather than to just replace the installed > binaries in /usr/bin? I believe so, yes. Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they're not.