Re: [Tails-dev] unar version... 0.99??

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Author: intrigeri
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To: Michael Seebach
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] unar version... 0.99??
Michael Seebach wrote (27 Dec 2012 06:01:29 GMT) :
> I noticed that Tails is using unar 0.99, the current version is
> 1.4.  Would it be hard to update?


Tails is based on Debian stable [1] and shipping the last version of
every piece of software is not part of its design goals [2].

Why does unar specifically needs to be updated, considering the added
maintenance overhead this would add to our pile?

[1] https://tails.boum.org/contribute/faq/
[2] https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/

Cheers,
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