Bug#705022: Stable gmt package waaay of out date

[Paul Wessel]

Package: gmt
Version: 4.5.2-1


Sorry if this is not going to the right person. I am the developer of gmt [gmt.soest.hawaii.edu].  All GMT development is focused on version 5 which we hope to release this summer.  In the meantime, the GMT 4.5.x series is updated once in a while to correct reported bugs in a package that saw feature freeze years ago.  Thus the latest 4.5.9 is much more stable than 4.5.8 which is more stable than 4.5.7 etc, etc.  The fact that Debian (stable) is distributing 4.5.2 from 2010 is causing your users much grief as bugs we fixed 2-3 years ago is still in your "stable" distribution.  Those who use Debian (unstable) are better off (with 4.5.7) but even this is close to 2 years old now.

Perhaps this is semantics but it is very strange that a product labelled stable has a much buggier release than one labelled unstable, and neither has the most bug-free version of gmt, which is gmt 4.5.9. And when we release 4.5.10 later this spring it will be IT that is the most stable.

It is up to you to deal with this - at least now you know.

Sincerely,

Paul Wessel
GMT Lead Developer


Paul Wessel, Professor
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1680 East-West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
1-808-956-4778(phone)/5154(fax)

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