<quote who="Jeff Waugh">
> <quote who="JM Alonzo">
>
> > are the packages in sid(latest) same as the cvs version of those projects?
> > for example, fluxbox in sid. if i apt-get source fluxbox, is the same as
> > getting fluxbox in cvs? thanks a lot!
>
> Generally not, however some maintainers do ship cvs versions, or releases
> with patches from cvs. sid (unstable), is meant to be unstable packaging,
> not unstable software.
(A good example is the GNOME 2.0 stuff in sid at the moment. They're meant
to be shipping GNOME 2.0.x, but one of the maintainers upgraded all of his
packages to the 2.1.x versions, which are unstable development and testing
releases. This broke lots of stuff, and I was described as being "not
amused" about it. Ha ha Jeffy. Anyway, the point is that the software should
not be unstable unless there's a really good reason -> it's the distribution
that is called 'unstable'.)
- Jeff
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