On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 04:57:01PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <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.
Really? I thought it was just "stuff which isn't fit for release ... yet". Don't tell me Debian gone and changed it's definitions without a major GR or something ... Anand -- `` We are shaped by our thoughts, we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. '' -- Buddha, The Dhammapada -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
