On Thursday 16 November 2006 10:27, Moby wrote:

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Thanks Daniel, I run 1.3.0 and it runs fine as well - I was curious as to why no updates had been released. Subversion itself is upto version 1.4.2, while the latest RPMs available from SuSE are 1.3.0. I may just have to uninstall SuSE's RPMs and install the latest Subversion from source.

For the record, openSUSE 10.2 beta2 includes Subversion 1.4.0.

-- --Moby

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On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Moby wrote:

Daniel Bauer wrote:

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On Thursday 16 November 2006 18:52, Moby wrote:

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Does anyone here run subversion on Suse boxes? I noticed that no updated subversion rpms have become available for SuSE since 1.3.0 I run 1.3.0 and it runs fine as well - I was curious as to why no updates had been released. Subversion itself is upto version 1.4.2, while the latest RPMs available from SuSE are 1.3.0. I may just have to uninstall SuSE's RPMs and install the latest Subversion from source.

I know that the SUSE developers do not always notice that packages have newer versions. I not that the one's I have add to bugzilla as a feature request have all been updated. Maybe someon should file a bug feature request. -- Boyd Gerber ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Lars Rupp wrote:

Am Do 16.11.2006 19:49 schrieb Boyd Lynn Gerber :

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I know that the SUSE developers do not always notice that packages have newer versions.

That could be true for FACTORY - not for released products ;-)

Yes, I should have said that factory is where the feature requests end up being updated. I reported 5 or 6 packages that I use often that had not been updated in a long time. They have all been updated to the latest released version prior to the feature freeze for 10.2. I am very pleased with how responsive the SUSE developers have been.

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I not that the one's I have add to bugzilla as a feature request have all been updated. Maybe someon should file a bug feature request. You'll not get Version Upgrades for a released product directly over the SUSE update channel (ok: we have some exeptions). SUSE has a strict policy for released products: no version upgrades, only updates for the version released with the distribution.

The "trick" behind it: sometimes developers decide to add new features and perhaps some API changes to new versions. If you have installed a programm on your system and SUSE will deliver a upgrade - perhaps afterwards neither your programm nor any other programm linked against it will execute... Ask people who decided to upgrade their KDE version: sometimes it works, sometimes not.

So the answer is: yes, you can _upgrade_ - but you should know that your system can be unstable if something happens with the newer programm version. If you just _update_, everything should work as expected - and even better after the update.

The SUSE developers spend a lot of time fixing old versions of a programm. Remember: the programms (and their version numbers!) on SLES10 have seven years support. So perhaps in seven years, a user who has updated his system every day will just have subversion 1.3.1 on his plattform - but this version should be very "stable" then. ;-)

I agree totally. The upgrade via the build service is at your own risk. But I have been very pleased with how well they have worked. I use them often. Thanks, -- Boyd Gerber ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

Marcus Rueckert wrote:

On 2006-11-16 12:27:34 -0600, Moby wrote:

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I run 1.3.0 and it runs fine as well - I was curious as to why no updates had been released. Subversion itself is upto version 1.4.2, while the latest RPMs available from SuSE are 1.3.0. I may just have to uninstall SuSE's RPMs and install the latest Subversion from source.

no version for release products. use the buildservice if you want newer packages. (url in another mail in this thread.)

darix

Thanks Darix - good to know -- --Moby -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org