On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 02:40:31PM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My comparison is done with the programmes I use most often....
> Showing package name, Gentoo version, Debian version.....
> Kopete, 6.2, NA
> K3b, 0.8.1-r1, 0.8
> Ksambaplugin, 0.4b, NA
Granted. KDE support can tend to lag a little.
> Samba, 3.0_alpha24-r1, 2.2.3a-12
Samba 3.0.0beta1-1 is in Debian unstable. There's a reason why Samba
3.x is not in the testing tree yet.
> Mozilla, 1.3-r2, 1.2 ??
Yes, the Mozilla in Debian is ancient, unless you go to Debian unstable.
> Gnucash, 1.8.4, 1.8.1-1
I'm not sure where you're getting these versions from, but they are
wrong.
Debian unstable has 1.8.4-1. Debian testing is still using the Debian
stable package, which is at 1.6.6-1.
> Evolution, 1.3.92, 1.0.5-1
Yep. 1.3.92-2 is in Debian unstable. Probably for a reason.
> Mplayer, 0.9.0_rc5, NA
> Kmplayer, 0.7.4a, NA
Mplayer is probably considered non-free--not sure on that though.
> Perhaps not very scientific but it has me satisfied.
Quite unscientific. I question where you got some of your version
information from, e.g. Mozilla 1.2 for Debian, and Gnucash 1.8.1-1.
I provided a fairly sizable list of packages and their Gentoo and Debian
testing versions, and Debian was able to compete quite well. It is
certainly not as if Gentoo is leagues ahead in this area.
My earlier disclaimer about using the latest software still applies,
too.
Cheers,
-mjg
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