Re: [Evolution] Has the Evolution 2.0.2 2004-11-30 version been recalled?

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

> > > > Are snaps distro. specific?

Yes.

Snapshots are not built for every distro. Due to the differences between
distros, you cannot simply have one package suitable for all (RPM based)
distros. Even supporting a small range of distros (and versions) does
take a considerably amount of time and work.

Most recent distros ship Evolution 2.0 anyway. The purpose of the
Snapshots is broader testing before release.


> I seemed to have found the problem - I was subscribed to the Evo
> Development Snapshot channel, as that's what was being used for all the
> 1.5 - 2.0 releases; however, the updates are now in the Evo Snapshot
> channel instead... 
>
> Not sure when they switched channels. How would one determine this in
> the normal course of events?

Development Snapshots are development versions. Like the Linux Kernel,
Gnome in general and a couple of other software development versions
have odd numbers. Stable versions have even numbers (1.4.x, 2.0.x).

This very likely changed, when Evolution 2.0 officially was released. :)


There is no one "Snapshot" Channel, cause development versions can be
pretty unstable and should only be used, if you really intend to.
Whereas stable snapshots are supposed to be stable. There is no major
development going on in the stable tree, thus even daily snapshots of
the current codebase should be stable.

...guenther


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