On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Barry Warsaw <ba...@python.org> wrote:

> On Sep 03, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Reinout van Rees wrote:
>
> >All of them have ubuntu packages, but especially for gdal we sometimes
> need a
> >newer version. A PPA can help here, but I thought "a wheel could be nice,
> >too".
>
> In many cases, it mostly takes an interested person to get Ubuntu and
> Debian
> packages updated.


wouldn't that only update it for the *next* release of debian/ubuntu?
maybe you can clarify if/when a package can be updated so that it appears
as an update for your current distro version?
I roughly have the idea that it's only for security issues.

thanks
Marcus
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