I usually want to use the most recent source code when preparing for my releases. That helps make improvements at a much earlier time, and thusly be able to release a better product that works better as users start updating the associated packages later on.
--------------------- Christopher Dimech General Administrator - Naiad Informatics - GNU Project (Geocomputation) - Geophysical Simulation - Geological Subsurface Mapping - Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation - Natural Resource Exploration and Production - Free Software Advocacy > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 7:29 PM > From: "Patrice Dumas" <[email protected]> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Gavin Smith" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Subject: Re: Development Tree lacking @bsixpaper > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2020 at 12:35:42PM +0100, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > > C* But when there is an official release, one would not need to > > store locally. Am I right? I never used to put the file in local > > directory for official releases before. > > I am not sure how you got the new releases before, but in most cases > people do not build and install texinfo from source by themselves, and > those who do also install texinfo.tex manually. In most cases, texinfo > is packaged as part of a packaging system, which depends on the platform > and most users get new versions like that. In general, users willing to > test/use prereleases may install from source, but it probably amounts to > a small number of people. > > -- > Pat >
