> It really erritates them when the devs delete a package because
> they are, so  called, 3-5 versions up. They only like upgrading
> every do often. Hell, most  of them have a hard time keeping up
> with windows security updates, how can  they handle a distro like
> this?

Nobody said they have to apply every change. You really only need to
apply the security patches. As for the rest, read the changelog and
see if there is any benefit to updating - often there isn't. I've
seen a lot of packages go from, for example, version-x-r3 to
version-x-r4 and the only change in the changelog is "marked stable
on platform y", when it's not even installed on platform y. So it's
just a recompile for nothing.

-Eric

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