fluxbox

[Bob D.]

On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 20:50 +0800, Arun Bhanu wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Can anyone tell me why the fluxbox version is ubuntu(fluxbox-0.1.14-4)
> is way older than what is available in debian(fluxbox-0.9.9-1)?
> 
> My understanding is that the 'universe' repository is snapshot of debian
> sid. Is that right?

IIRC, the snapshot was frozen in June.The dev's have been working from
then to release day to work out the bugs in that snapshot. Perhaps that
is the reason for the version diff.  

> The explanation of various components at [1] doesn't list 'multiverse'
> as component.
> 	[1] http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/components
> So, what is the difference between 'universe' and 'multiverse' repositories?

Multiverse contains non-free packages. I think of it as Restricted
without the Ubuntu support. 

Bob