Gnome dot releases

[Jeff Waugh]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 22:41 -0600, misGnomer wrote:
> Perhaps someone could start a Yet Another Unofficial support site that
> would host updated Gnome point releases? The effort would be off
> Canonical's hands but people wanting the Gnome "fix packs" would still
> get them with little work.
> 
> The updates might be even necessary for people who need to compile or
> rebuild latest versions of some apps that aren't included in the
> bi-yearly Ubuntu releases.

The GNOME point release updates will *not* be necessary for people who
compile stuff. They contain bugfixes and translations only. No features,
no new API.

Again, much of what you'll get in GNOME point releases in future will be
bugs fixed in Ubuntu for the release. Distributions are the engine rooms
of post-release bugfixes. Any other fixes to significant bugs that
affect Ubuntu may be released into Ubuntu's updates stream. GNOME point
releases won't provide any significant benefit beyond what is already in
Ubuntu.

- Jeff

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