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[Miles Fidelman <address@concealed>]

On 6/12/17 4:01 AM, Ian Miller (via sympa-users Mailing List) wrote:

> > For what it's worth, I NEVER install Sympa (or anything particularly
> > complex) from a package.  Inevitably, the packaged version is out-of-date,
> > and often mucked up.  And the original documentation is generally better.
> For what it's worth - I'm just the opposite.
>
> I have a whole lot of different systems to maintain, and I'm not a linux/unix 
> specialist. I rely on well-maintained packages to get stuff installed, and 
> kept reasonably up-to-date.

Hi Ian,

I'd LIKE to rely on well-maintained packages.  Unfortunately, I've just 
had bad experiences with package maintenance & maintainers - 
particularly for more complex & obscure software.

Cheers,

Miles

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