On Sat, Feb 06, 2010 at 08:54:59AM +1100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <[email protected]> flavor, containing: > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > <html>
Please don't post HTML email to the Xastir mailing list. It is hard to read in non-web mail readers. > <pre wrap="">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? > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap="">Can't answer that as I don't run Ubuntu nor know what > version of > Xastir binary they have. > </pre> > </blockquote> > <pre wrap=""><!----> > Because the Ubuntu repositories routinely stick at old versions. > [...] > 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. > > </pre> > </blockquote> > The latest version of xastir in 'buntu is 1.9.4-3build1<br> > <br> > This url give a list of dependencies for the package in 'buntu 9.10<br> > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/xastir";>https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/+source/xastir</a><br> > <br> > The 9.10 packages list at > <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" > href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/hamradio/xastir";>http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/hamradio/xastir</a> > reveals the same > information.<br> > <br> > There was a recent issue with xastir in 'buntu in that raster maps > displayed as black tiles. Apart from installing the xastir package on a > clean Kubuntu 9.10 installation to confirm the problem, I can make no > other comment. I don't know if that issue has been resolved, nor do I > know if it applied to 9.04, 8.10 or 8.04, the only 'buntu releases I've > used. My previous experience with the xastir deb package was many years > ago under Debian v3.0 (or was it v2.1) where it worked just fine.<br> The bug related to GraphicsMagick and 8-bit Quantums has indeed been fixed. It was fixed between 1.9.6 and 1.9.8. -- 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
