[SOLVED] Application upgrade question

[murali]

Hi,

Can someone please tell when gcc, perl, python packages would be upgraded? Most apps like firefox, libreoffice gets a version bump but gcc, perl and other dev apps are lagging behind, so just curious to know when they would be updated.

Also i couldn't find synapse application launcher in repos, can i put a request for the same?

Thanks.

[Just17]

Go to the package request section and provide the required info for a new package .....  see the 'stickies' in the thread for information ...


http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/board,82.0.html

[JohnW_57]

Hi,

Can someone please tell when gcc, perl, python packages would be upgraded? Most apps like firefox, libreoffice gets a version bump but gcc, perl and other dev apps are lagging behind, so just curious to know when they would be updated.

Also i couldn't find synapse application launcher in repos, can i put a request for the same?

Thanks.

Gcc, Gclib, perl, python and devs apps (the tool chain) are not the easiest ones to update/ugrade!

Gcc, Gclib is a part of the toolchain (needs to be updated when applications don't compile against it).
Updating programming languages like python, perl needs to rebuild more then 1000+ applications who are in repository who depends on it.

Guess that's not a easy task for the packagers/testers/processors.
Needs a lot of time with a little dev team and volunteers who want's to test it.

JohnW

[murali]

Ok, yes, that makes sense. Just wanted to know if there was any plan for the dev pkg upgrade as well. Will wait then. Marking the post solved.

Thanks.