On 01/31/2012 09:56 AM, David H. Durgee wrote:
> WLS wrote:
>> On 01/31/2012 07:42 AM, David H. Durgee wrote:
>>> When will the official release of 2.7 occur?  I am seeing it in the
>>> repository I usually use, but the SeaMonkey home page still shows 2.6.1
>>> as the current release.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>
>>
>> If it is the repository you use, then your distro has created its build,
>> and it is released for your platform.
>>
>> Firefox 10, and Thunderbird 10 are in my repository, but SeaMonkey still
>> shows 2.6.1.
> 
> I am running Mint 11 Katya - x64 edition, which is based on the Ubuntu
> Natty release.  Unfortunately, for reasons I don't understand, Ubuntu is
> not keeping current with SeaMonkey for my release and is still at the
> 2.0.13 level.  This has lead me to seek an alternative repository,
> specifically https://launchpad.net/~joe-nationnet/+archive/seamonkey-dev
> which does include current packages for natty.
> 
> Joe updated to the 2.7 release there 10 hours ago.  Given I am still not
> seeing that release at http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
> but still the 2.6.1 release I am wondering if he has "jumped the gun" a
> bit and this is still actually a beta or RC as opposed to a release.
> 
> I am holding off installing until I know this is the actual release.
> 
> Dave


One of the disadvantages of using the repositories. If there is nobody
to maintain it, then new versions, and updates don't show up.

I would just download from SeaMonkey, install and update manually. That
way you will always be on the release channel.

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