Clarification needed for access to package versions in repositories

[Bret Busby]

On 30/3/24 15:28, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Sat, 2024-03-30 at 08:23 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Sat, 2024-03-30 at 05:19 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> The other person, in running Linux Mint Cinnamon 21,3, has Claws Mail
>>> 4.1.1, whereas I have 4.0.0
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Linux Mint isn't an Ubuntu flavor. If Linux Mint should be based on
>> Ubuntu jammy (22.04LTS), then the claws-mail version from the universe
>> repository differs from the flathub version of claws-mail. IIRC flathub
>> is Mint's snap replacement.
>>
>> "Update to Claws-Mail 4.1.1" -
>> https://github.com/flathub/org.claws_mail.Claws-Mail
>>
>> "claws-mail (4.0.0-3) [universe]" -
>> https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/claws-mail
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ralf
> 
> PS:
> 
> Yes, Linux Mint 21.3 is based on Ubuntu jammy (22.04LTS).
> Yes,"Flatpak support is built into Linux Mint 18.3 and newer". And of
> cause, "Flathub is a centralized repository of Flatpak apps."
> 
> 
Hello, Ralph.

 From further investigation, I now believe that the other person now 
has, unwittingly, a hybrid of Linux Mint Cinnamon 21.3 and Linux Mint 
Cinnamon 21.4 Edge; the equivalent of having a hybrid of Debian stable 
and Debian testing, with the source repositories being for the stable, 
rather than the testing version - a Frankenstein system.

I tried to post a message explaining this, on the Claws Mail list, but, 
that list administrator does not allow such posts.

Because I believe that this (the Ubuntu users) mailing list does not 
allow attachments, and the message includes four attachments to justify 
my reasoning, I cannot post that message here.

....
Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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