On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Michael Schumacher <schumaml@xxxxxx> wrote: > GIMP developers use Debian Testing, with the assumption that is anything > is present there, then a GIMP build can require it. > > A build based on Debian Jessie, currently aka Debian Stable, will divert > from that over time, and might not even contain some of the required > dependencies. Due to the recent release of Jessie, this is not very > noticeable yet. > > A moving target like Debian Testing is probably a less than optimal > building block for a vagrant-based approach. I'm aware the core devs use Debian testing. I would have used Debian testing but currently there's no Debian testing in any of the tooling like Vagrant [1] and Docker [2]. However, as time progresses, and new Debian versions come out, the development tooling can to be updated to newer Debian versions before any anticipated or noticeable divergence occurs. If a divergence becomes a regular problem then perhaps it would be more useful to fall back on developing in a more stable platform. Though, since that isn't currently an issue it's just a thought. [1]: https://atlas.hashicorp.com/debian/ [2]: https://hub.docker.com/_/debian/ -- I prefer to encrypt my email GPG FINGERPRINT 4096 KEY 8D8B F0E2 42D8 A068 572E BF3C E8F7 3234 7257 E65F https://keybase.io/samrocketman Learn how to encrypt your email with the Email Self Defense guide: https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org/en/ _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
