Re: Update GNUstep on Debian to more recent version?

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Am 19.12.2007 um 00:50 schrieb Markus Hitter:

> Am 18.12.2007 um 21:01 schrieb Dennis Leeuw:
>
> > I think the easiest way is to remove the installed packages and go  
> > from source.
> > To me that is the easiest way.
>
> Maybe, but this is a island solution, nobody else benefits from it.

Yes, that would be the case why I also would prefer (in the role of a  
dumb user) to find regular updates. BTW: this would also increase the  
mindshare for GNUstep if people repeatedly are reminded that GNUstep  
is proceeding. Software-publishing-psychology suggests a timing of  
minor updates every 6 weeks.

> > The other option would be to upgrade the entire distro to Testing  
> > or Unstable...

Is there a method in Debian to partially update the distro, i.e.  
choose which branch the package manager looks at?

> So, the August 2006 package is the latest version and crashes  
> anyways? Is it reasonable (in means of time) to wait for the next  
> release?

Before someone draws false generalized conclusions - the Aug 06 GORM  
crashes for me only when trying to save a special set of given .gorm  
files in Cocoa NIB format.

Does someone know how such updates are made available by Debian? I  
get some every now and then for other packages. So it appears to be  
an active publishing process.

Nikolaus