Oh. Cool. This is my first debian system. not used to things being so
policified and standardized. With redhat you have to search out the truly
stable packages at the source sendmail.org, etc, etc....
As to the why the added auth features of 8.11 look quite enticing.
----- Original Message -----
From: Seth Cohn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 9:04 PM
Subject: [EUG-LUG:2493] Re: sendmail
> --- Christopher Maujean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I'd like to go to exim, but i just don't have the time to
> > learn a new mail
> > system at this point. So, I'd like to keep up with
> > current versions.
> > Current released (non-beta) version of sendmail is in the
> > 8.11.6 range, but
> > potato is at 8.9. I understand that debian is mainly
> > volunteer effort and all
> > so i'm not being impatient, just curious why debian seems
> > to be minor versions
> > behind on most of the software I use..
>
> because Potato is _stable_.... meaning it's a snapshot, and
> it's OLD.... often up to a year or more... that is why they
> do the patches, instead of upgrading... if you run stable,
> you want it _stable_, rock solid, KNOWN.
>
> If you want to run current stuff, the question is why?
> A stable bug-FIXED system is often better. If you _must_
> run something more current, you can install the packages
> from testing or unstable, even from binary packages, or
> from source... it is easier to install via source, less
> trouble with 'partial' upgrades (in other words, just a few
> packages)
>
> add a unstable or testing deb-src line to your sources.list
> file, and then do a apt-get source -b (build) for the
> package. It will get it from the newer stuff, and build
> correctly in most cases.
>
> Seth
>
>
>
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