Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of Packaging/DistributionPackages

Timestamp:

03/20/17 13:44:09 (6 months ago)

Author:

Antoine Martin

Comment:

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Packaging/DistributionPackages

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 And why you should generally not use them.
 
-This table was generated on the {{{2017-03-18}}} when {{{1.0.4}}} was the latest LTS version available. (2.0 released the day before)
+This table was generated on the '''2017-03-18''' when {{{1.0.4}}} was the latest LTS version available. (2.0 released the day before)
 
 ||=Distribution=||=Variant=||=Version Shipped=||=Known Issues=||
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 To see the fixes that are missing, follow the "Commit log" links for each branch on the "Release Notes" section of the [/Versions/PendingFixes version / fixes page].
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+A great explanation of the Debian / Ubuntu packaging mess can be found here: [https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41085.html ​Matthew Garrett: There's more than one way to exploit the commons].
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 * because not available with a default installation: Debian experimental.
 * opensuse: [http://software.opensuse.org/package/xpra no packages available]
-* rant about Debian made redundant by this perfect description: [https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/41085.html Matthew Garrett: There's more than one way to exploit the commons]
 
 
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 Example of some of the fixes found in later 0.14.x and 0.15.x stable releases which may be missing from distributions that got stuck at a particular minor update (ie: 0.14.10 for Debian):
 * important fixes: r10197 (abysmal performance), r10160, printing broken (r10165 + r10105 + r10142), nvenc (r10000 + r10078, also on Debian / Ubuntu: r10133), r10128, r10119, opencl broken (r10024 + r10084), win32 server (#637), win32 client fix (r9751),  r9997, r9983, r9970, opengl crashes (r9924 + r9871?, r9799), r9888, r9851, compatibility fixes (r9857 + r9640), r9753, paint failures (r9682), r9711, r9715, shadow fix (r9728), may crash (r9725), no transparency (r9661), leak (r9654), r9620