My DSL update?

Forum: Apps
Topic: My DSL update?
started by: PhilTheAlien

Posted by PhilTheAlien on July 16 2006,02:00

Got the latest DSL and loaded it up on VMWare Player (on XP) and nice it is but the packages on MyDSL appear to be the same, mostly 2004 versions. Any way to update?

And any tips on installing? I downloaded the latest Firefox for Linux, double-clicked it to get an installer which resolutely refused to do anything like installing. Same deal for the 7Zip package I downloaded from MyDSL.

Posted by roberts on July 16 2006,04:25

I have moved your post from Feedback to then MyDSL Apps section.
The devs of DSL do not provide the MyDSL apps. MyDSL extenions apps are created by the community and for the community. The developers only provide this infrastructure.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on July 16 2006,09:36

By latest, I assume you mean latest stable.

The latest firefox 1.5.0.4 can be found in myDSL's /testing. (uci or tar.gz)
I have updated the p7zip package to 4.42.. which can be tested at thepacthq.net/hats/dsl

Please note that any these extensions are still under testing and any feedback is always welcomed

Posted by mikshaw on July 16 2006,15:09

If there are any other specific packages you feel are too old, post here in the "MyDSL Extensions" section and the person who built the package (or someone else) may update it.

There are some packages that have not been updated to their latest versions because their added dependencies are not worth whatever improvements have been made to the application. For example, several Gtk1.2 applications have been "upgraded" to Gtk2, for some bizarre reason. If added features and/or bug fixes are not important enough to warrant either modifying the source code or requiring the user to install Gtk2, the myDSL package may be left at its current version.