Re: The frust is growing up ... Was: Re: giving up frustrated ... :-(

[D Josiah Boothby]

Unfortunately, this is a bit of a problem with the Debian world. 
Outdated and (relatively) proven is given more importance than 
up-to-date -- even if the up-to-date software is better, more stable, 
and much more desirable.

Because of dependency chains, installing the official 2.6.3 .deb from 
unstable also installs xorg, and may also involve installing new 
versions of gcc, as well as many gnome-related apps and libraries -- 
things that don't necessarily seem, well, necessary. This is 
unfortunate, but as long as you continue using Sarge, you're probably 
going to be stuck with 2.2.6 or whatever version of 2.4 works best for you.

It seems to me that, at this point, the philosophies and mechanics 
involved with being a Debian user (at least if you want, or have, to 
continue using Sarge) are somewhat at odds with the needs of being a 
lilypond user.

Josiah

Roland Goretzki wrote:
> Hello list, hello Erik,
>
> You wrote:
>
>
> > Well, a 2.6.3 .deb is in debian unstable now, so perhaps you can try that.
>
>
> Thank You,
> I tried, but on my sarge 3.1 there are some difficulties with
> dependencies, so this is not the way ... :-(
>
> Every download (meanwhile more than five) spends over 80 minutes,
> because I've only a 56k modem, so I would like to get a REAL solution
> soon ...  ;-)
>
> Best Regards           Roland
>
>
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