On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 06:51:18PM +0200, Juergen Arndt wrote: > 1.2.6 is the last official stable version, but it's already more than a > year old and I was asked to package a more current version. If this does > not comply with our policies, I will package 1.2.6 as well, no problem.
well, the "policies" have to be flexible, due to the stupidity of some software "publisher"s lack of standards and consistency. The usual questions to be asked are: 1. how long has [specific version proposed] been out in the wild 2. how likely is it that an official new 'stable' version will be released soon? (and 2a: is the'stable' version so ancient as to be virtually useless) If the answers are long the lines of 1. a very long time 2. very unlikely then a newer but non "stable" release of software can be accepted as a package. _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers
