S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2: Why is ... not included ?
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A couple of software packages or new versions of packages were not included into
the S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2 distribution or were not integrated into the system. This
happend for various reasons. Usually S.u.S.E is conservative with basic components
and important programs : Such software will only be included into the system when
it prooved to be reliable in our internal tests.
However, sometimes we deliver the sources of such programs with the distribution. These
can be found on the first CD in the directory .../unsorted
.
Sometimes there is not enough time to renew every package. This is especially
true if there were only minor changes (which can of course be very important in the individual
case). If we've forgotten something then we're always glad about feedback. Send it to
feedback@suse.de .
It sometimes happens that short time before our deadline a new version is released. It is then
impossible to let it pass our test cycle.
Here is a couple of more detailed remarks :
- GCC 2.8.x
-
We plan the update only for S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0. Moreover GCC 2.8.x is unable to compile
the Linux kernel correctly. Probably egcs 1.1.x will become the standard compiler of
S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0 instead of gcc 2.8.x .
- glibc 2
-
We plan the update for S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0 .
- GNOME
-
This free desktop-project is still in the early development stages. At least part of it depends on
the "glibc 2". If everything works as expected, GNOME will be available as an alternative in version 6.0 .
- Emacs 20.2
-
- This emacs version has a "memory leak".
- MULE is a nuisance for countries that are used to use 8bit character sets, see
http://sourcery.naggum.no/emacs/.
- A fundamental change of concept is to be expected in the near future; Unicode support
was announced.
- PostgreSQL 6.3
-
... was released in the beginning of march with big and important changes
- Lynx 2.8
-
... was released in the middle of march.
Keywords: 5.2, SOFTWARE, DISTRIBUTION
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