21 Apr
2006
21 Apr
'06
12:38 p.m.
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 08:44 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 10:56 +0200, Asbjørn Sæbø
wrote:
On my system firefox is dynamically linked and many other packages
depend on it (like Epiphany, the Gnome browser). In fact there is a
huge debate on the Ubuntu list now because the Firefox devs are dropping
ALL support for 1.0.x (even security fixes) less than 6 months after 1.5
was released. Integrating 1.5 into a frozen distro will be a nightmare.
Lee
The main drawback is that distributions often are
somewhat delayed, one
does not get the very freshest software. On the other hand, the most
recent version of something often requires recent versions of other
software, and there you go again, hunting packages from all over,
having to compile yourself, spending time and getting problems.
have you ever installed firefox? it doesn't work that way. the binary is
statically linked. its not quite as easy as (yum|apt-get) install
firefox, but its nothing like the process you are referring to.