On Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:26:06 -0500 Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 08:08:05AM -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > zathura 2.6 was released even before F20 was released but the > > maintainer appears not to want to release it on F20 and will keep it > > at 2.4 all through F21 perhaps, since rawhide appears to be F22? Why? No > > one knows. These policies appear to be completely arbitrary. > > The policy is at > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Stable_Releases > > and it does leave a lot of individual discretion to the package maintainers, > who are a diverse bunch and tend to have different attitudes. > > Often it helps if you can put specific reason you need or want a newer > version. "It's got a bigger number" isn't necessarily compelling, but if it > fixes a bug or provides a feature you need, that might change the equation. > And of course the package maintainer should know this, but it's helpful to > note if you know that the update doesn't have backwards-compatibility > issues or major UI changes. Of course. But the LXDE bug (and this is not from LXDE actually, but in Fedora packaging) has been around since F14! Also, I don't quite understand the virtue of not releasing a Fedora installation with the latest version (as far as practical) and pushing it off at least two releases later is questionable, given that the software itself is also evolving. The zathura updates (we are two versions behind now) has some fixes: 0.2.6 (2013/11/24) Update documentation Resolve layout problems 0.2.5 (2013/11/08) Use GTK+3 by default Rewritten render logic Fixed page refresh in certain situations Make the X clipboard buffer Allow number in quickmarks Workaround for print quality issues Update documentation Updated translations As far as I can tell, resolving layout problems is a good idea. The print quality is major. The most frustrating part is that we don't know why this is being held off till F22. Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
