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Re: maybe-ITP: bsdiff
On Jan 27 13:35, Yaakov S (Cygwin Ports) wrote:
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> Lapo Luchini wrote:
> > Yes, I guess Debian unstable doesn't qualify (I think I read something
> > about that somewhere on cygwin.com, I'm not quite sure where... ;-)).
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> But (now) it's in Debian testing as well:
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> http://packages.debian.org/testing/utils/bsdiff
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> > Uhm.. does Gentoo count as "major"?
> > In that case... http://gentoo-portage.com/dev-util/bsdiff
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> I haven't seen a clear answer about that, but the feeling that I've been
> getting is not. I'd like to get this clarified though.
I'm a bit reluctant with respect to gentoo. It's philosophy isn't a
stable release in the first place, but to have the latest and greatest
of everything available(*), if I get their philosophy right.
Using "stable" Linux distros as an indicator, whether a package needs a
vote or not, is a sort of reality check. Packages not in a "stable"
distro are likely not used very often, not as well tested, etc. Gentoo
is not a very well indicator here.
Corinna
(*) I don't mean to imply that gentoo isn't stable. No offense meant.
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