On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, Chris wrote: > > > With a bunch of people running Ubuntu, why not just 'sudo apt-get > > install xastir' ? > > > > Is the version shipped with 9.10's repositories lacking some major features? > > Can't answer that as I don't run Ubuntu nor know what version of > Xastir binary they have.
Because the Ubuntu repositories routinely stick at old versions. As I understand it, the package maintainer is neither an Xastir user nor a subscriber to any Xastir list. In fact, I thought I read recently that the package maintainer was no longer actively maintaining it, and they were looking for a new one. If you want point-and-click installation, you are at the mercy of the binary maintainer. If you want current code, you need to roll your own. I believe the last time I checked, it was still 1.9.4. We're on 1.9.8 now. It is possible that they are at 1.9.6 -- if so, they bumped it shortly before the 1.9.8 release. -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?DDTNM In some cultures what I do would be considered normal. -- Ineffective daily affirmation _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
