In normal cycle (when new stable is released), we normally do not update the whole repo by ourself and we need maintainer to pro actively submit updates via submission forms.
During development cycles like nowadays, some packages are broken due to updates in current so we need to fix things to make sure they are fixed when new stable is released. Some maintainer prefer to wait until next stable |
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I appreciate the people that maintain SBo, and the people that maintain the SlackBuilds themselves. It is a valuable resource that people can share their builds and the rest can benefit from. Sometimes maintainers fall behind, or lose interest in a project which is sad but hopefully there is someone that can pick up the "Slack". :) I have found a few packages on there that are updated past what Alien has in his repo, So it happens to them all. (Appreciate you too Eric, I don't know what I would do if I had to compile something like LibreOffice or Plasma 5).
PS: Pale Moon is broken on -current and has been since Feburary. |
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Apparently it still has the same lousy textbox bug that Firefox cured years ago. meh |
libwebp, slackbuild is for 0.4.3 but works with 0.5.0
webkitgtk, slackbuild is for 2.4.9 and seems to be working for 2.4.10 * gnucash, slackbuild is for 2.6.6 but works with 2.6.11 If it's out of date you update it. What's the problem? * I'll know for sure for sure in about 20hrs time... it really is a slow build. |
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Thanks for the feedback. |
Webkitgtk has been updated last month in master branch
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Gnucash updated to 2.6.11 as well.
People should look in master branch in GIT repository instead in the Web since 14.2 is not out yet |
Thank you :) I will have a look.
But my point was that Slackbuilds don't just work for the version stated but that they often work for updated versions as well. So arguments that slackbuilds are for out of date software might be weaker than the proponent thinks. |
As long as upstream doesn't make major changes, the script should work on newer version.
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