I’m aware of Debian’s reputation for not having the most up-to-date software in its repository but have just noticed that Thunderbird is on its current version. Which makes me ask:

When does Debian update a package? And how does it decide when to?

I’m particularly interested in when it will make available the upcoming major release of GIMP to 3.0.

  • c10l@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    You can always use APT Pinning to grab GIMP and its dependencies from testing without touching the rest of the system.

    Or you can just run testing or sid as your base system. My gaming rig is based on testing but pulling Mesa and video derivers from experimental and sid and I haven’t had any issues with it. Been running it for about 2 years now this way.

    https://wiki.debian.org/AptConfiguration

    • beleza pura@lemmy.eco.br
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      4 days ago

      never run debian testing for production use

      never run debian testing for production use

      debian testing is not fit for production use

      • c10l@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        On servers, I agree. OP just wants a recent version of GIMP though. Production can mean many things, and dogmas are never the answer.