Arch Linux keeps falling behind in package updates, basic packages like gdb and LLVM are newer in Fedora then in Arch, and Bash is newer in DEBIAN then in Arch. Why have package updates fallen so far behind?

  • NekkoDroid
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    1 year ago

    IIRC it’s because they wait for the X.1 release of GNOME before actually updating

    • Spectacle8011@lemmy.comfysnug.space
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      1 year ago

      Oh, I didn’t know that! All I’ve ever seen when this question gets asked in the BBS is “it’ll be done when it’s done :)” which is fair enough. If they’re waiting for the .1 release as an indicator of stability, then that explains why it feels like a while.