Major revisions to Slackware causing delays in -current

Major revisions to Slackware causing delays in -current

Posted Feb 21, 2007 4:11 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648)
In reply to: A look at Slackware's package utilities (Linux.com) by allesfresser
Parent article: A look at Slackware's package utilities (Linux.com)

By the looks of the -current ChangeLog one might think the Slackware development team was asleep at the wheel. But, the above poster mentions they're busy building the whole distribution using the newer GCC 4 and 2.6 Kernel series. Yet, I agree, it would be nice to have someone give an updated status somewhere (hint, hint)...

As for the original article, I do tend to agree that Slackware's package tools adhere to the KISS method, and I have found that building a package in Slackware is much easier than hand-crafting an RPM. (I've never played with Debian.)

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