[free-electronic-lab] FEL Update: March 15, 2013

[Shakthi Kannan]

Hi,

--- On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Alain Portal <alain.portal at free.fr> wrote:
| let other mainteners manage their packages as they feel!
\--

Sure. But, we would still require to know when they have made a
release. For some packages:

* The upstream source URLs have changed, or don't exist any more.

* The authors have made tarballs, but, there is no automated way to
know of newer releases.

* The sources have moved to github, but, releases or tags have not been made.

* The upstream e-mail addresses don't work anymore.

In order to keep the package releases in sync with the upstream
releases, upstream release monitoring is helpful.

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| I use all software I package, I know when its are releasable!
\--

That is your decision, and I'd leave it at that.

Cheers!

SK

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Shakthi Kannan
http://www.shakthimaan.com