XFCE 4.4 and Debian Etch?

[Richard Boyce]

Mişu Moldovan wrote:
> Niki Kovacs wrote:
> 
> Jesus might know better but from what I see, Debian etch hasn't been
> released yet as Debian Stable and packages are updated at a rate
> comparable to that of Debian Sid (unstable). They will probably include
> the final release of Xfce 4.4 if it happens to come out in time for the
> Etch release. Any Debian packagers around care to comment about that?

Not a Debian developer, but I do know that etch has now been frozen 
prior to its release, so only fixes for release-critical bugs will be 
accepted. New releases generally won't be allowed in. Backports would 
probably be your best bet.

> Debian stable is not about the latest and greatest, it's about true and
> tried packages on a solid platform.

Yep - that's why I love it. Better stop the Debian advocacy before we 
get Joe more than usually annoyed... :)

-- 
Richard Boyce
SysEng, CCDC
http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk