[mapserver-users] why 5.0.3 on latest linux distro's

[Willy-Bas Loos]

exactly.
i built my own 5.2.0 too. But i'm not a system admin really and it's a bit
of a hassle. If i were planning to compile my software myself i would use a
different distro (Gentoo?).
I've been posting some stuff on the ubuntu forums too, but i don't get too
much response there.
I guess that 5.2.0 doesn't get into lenny (and so ubuntu 8.10) because it
hasn't been tested for long enough. It is still in the "experimental"
repository (thanks nico mandery for pointing this out to me), so not even in
"unstable" yet.
And that will probably mean that we won't see any higher than 5.0.x in lenny
- the stable debian versions for the next ±4 years. I know it's a choice for
stability and security -- all about priorities, so nothing to make a fuss
about -- but it's unconfortable nonetheless.

So lets try a different angle: if OSGeo are providing a package manager for
windows (osgeo4w), why not provide a repository for Debian / Ubuntu and
another one for RedHat / Fedora ?
Easy for me to say of course, but doesn't it seem unfair that Windows should
be favoured above open source OS's ?
(then, maybe i got it all wrong, so please correct me)

cheers,

WBL


In my experiences with Fedora, they tend to keep the same version of
> MapServer that the OS version was released with (so Fedora 9 has 5.0.2, or
> something like that, by default).  As I want to use the latest version, I
> build it for myself.  I bet that distributions tend to stay with what they
> had when first released for map compatibility reasons.  It would be
> something to discuss with your distributions package maintainers.
>

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