Slackware and Slrn (was: Re: WTF is it with ubuntu?)

andrew <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2008-10-15, SINNER <99nesorjd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Ubuntu includes slrn in the repos. Your version of slrn is out
of date.

Ubuntu is of course incredibly well served with slrn. A third
party repository hosted by Thomas Wiegner holds a copy of the
latest svn while I note that the beta of Intrepid Ibex holds
slrn pre0.9.9-111. Slackware lags behind this even in -current
and still operates on a version 4 years old. Despite some
agitation on my part I might add :-).

Andrew


No. Even the 12.0 Slackware (current is 12.1) I run came with
Slrn 0.9.8.1 [2004-10-07], and it is a great newsreader. I use it
and see no reason at all to 'upgrade'.

Go ahead and list the things that the latest slrn can do,
and you'll have made a list of things that most people don't
care about doing and possibly would prefer not to see people
doing on the usenet at all.

Sid

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