--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "C. Beck" <usabecker@...> wrote:
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> There is no reason the latest version of whatever couldn't be built
> from source on your machine if desired. Granted that may still be
> considered bad luck, but it is an option.
>
I've often seen plenty of reasons later code could not be built. Configure scripts look for >= versions of development packages to build against. Often if one software package is out of date many are, and that leaves you with tool chains that do not meet minimum requirements.
I run Debian stable so I see it all of the time. I don't know why developers set such stringent standards, I suspect they don't even realize they're doing it half of the time, it works for them, so they don't give it another thought. Everyone should be running the distribution they are, etc. etc. It could also be laziness, or simple incompetence too.
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