[Xastir] So, a question on all this building...

[Tom Russo]

On Fri, Feb 05, 2010 at 09:47:55AM -0800, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <curt.we7u at gmail.com> 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.

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