Hi, On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 08:40:25AM -0500, Mark Allums wrote: > >> Ron Johnson wrote: > >>>> but at the same time i read the release notes for the new >>>> Ubuntu beta, and its really nice. I *want* Gnome 2.24 (the auto >>> >>> Unstable is at GNOME v2.22.5 > > I said: > >> >> Unstable (or Sid) has been at 2.23 for a short while, and is already >> transitioning to 2.24.
???? > Let me clarify this a bit: > > On my system, if one pulls down the About box for GNOME, it says 2.22. > However, if one looks at the files installed, quite a few of them are at > 2.23. A few have started trickling in that are at 2.24. So it is fair > to say that GNOME is in the middle of a transition. I would like it if > it happened a bit faster, but I have no major complaints. I think you must have some complicated apt line... (maybe with some experimental or external sites) I do not see 2.24 in my sid box. Source Package gnome-desktop: * sarge (x11): 2.8.3-2 Binary packages: gnome-about, gnome-desktop-data, libgnome-desktop-2, libgnome-desktop-dev * etch (x11): 2.14.3-2 Binary packages: gnome-about, gnome-desktop-data, libgnome-desktop-2, libgnome-desktop-dev * etch-m68k (x11): 2.14.3-2 Binary packages: gnome-about, gnome-desktop-data, libgnome-desktop-2, libgnome-desktop-dev * lenny (x11): 2.22.3-2 Binary packages: gnome-about, gnome-desktop-data, libgnome-desktop-2, libgnome-desktop-dev * sid (x11): 2.22.3-2 Binary packages: gnome-about, gnome-desktop-data, libgnome-desktop-2, libgnome-desktop-dev We at Debian are in freeze mode. So we do not update packages randomly in unstable. Our focus is next release. This is how Debian works. Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]