-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/11/2013 09:04 PM, Alex G. wrote: > On 07/11/2013 09:06 AM, Milan Horák wrote: >> Hi there >> >> Why are the distributions' versions of kicad so outdated? Like >> an year ago in Debian! >> > The version that is packaged is really at the packager's > discretion.
That's the first and most important reason. The second reason probably is that kicad rarely "announces" stable versions, so a maintainer will have to closely follow the development process to keep up with the flow of new releases. Most other software packages I have seen have certain "this is version 1, this is version 2, this is version 2.1" designations and announcements, even if version 1 really is svn commit 1231 and version 2 is commit 1865. > Debian is very conservative when it comes to updating software. I > would not use them as the benchmark of how recent a package is. And I fully agree on this as well. Though kicad in ubuntu is not any more up to date than in debian. Best Regards, Heiko - -- eMails verschlüsseln mit PGP - privacy is your right! Mein PGP-Key zur Verifizierung: http://pgp.mit.edu -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlHfDCcACgkQ/Vb5NagElAVE8ACeMRomxRHqmIh9TVASxnlZ4x/2 ZSgAniAC/X9o8bIrgUNZJ8OL8oblA4LN =7dmH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
