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Include stable builds in dev channel (Linux)

#1

Should the dev channel include stable builds on Linux distros?

My package manager configuration uses the dev channel currently. This means, as of this date, I get build 3210 (24 September 2019). But build 3211 (stable) was released a few days later with some fixes.

What if what I want is always the latest version, not caring if it’s a dev/stable build?

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#2

You can add both source lists. That’s what I did on my Ubuntu VM.

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#3

Ah cool, didn’t think of this option yet, thanks a lot @jfcherng !

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#4

Well, at least on Arch Linux, I don’t know if this is possible.

If I have this in pacman.conf, for example:

[sublime-text]
Server = https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/dev/x86_64
Server = https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/stable/x86_64

then with

$ sudo pacman -Syyl sublime-text

I get

sublime-text sublime-text 3210-1

If I reverse the two Server lines above and run the same command, I get

sublime-text sublime-text 3211-1

I don’t see why someone who wants dev builds wouldn’t want stable builds? I understand that a non-paying user wants only stable builds, but IMO a paying user who wants dev builds also wants stable builds as it seems like a given stable build can have changes since the last dev build.

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#5

Generally there are no changes though

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