On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 19:37, John Summerfied wrote: > > > > I'm talking about things that depend on updated/modified versions > > of stock libraries or other tools like you find in some third-party > > repositories. > > > > If they're well designed, they should just fit in along with official > packages and in every respect be suitable replacements for them. That would mean there would be a simple piecemeal upgrade path from any version of a distribution to any other. That doesn't seem to be the case and it's even less likely when the reason you are installing a different version is to get features not included in the stock distribution. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx