[GNC] Subject: Re: Ubuntu binary fairly dated

[Mike Brady]

Have been following this thread because I use Linux Mint, which is based 
on the LTS version of Ubuntu. Yes, the GnuCash version in the Ubuntu LTS 
repository is way out of date (3.8). I'm out of date, even on Windows 
(3.10 in one machine, 4.3 on the other), mainly due to laziness about 
chasing down latest versions and wariness about file compatibility, plus 
wanting to maintain compatibility with the LInux machine. So far, that's 
worked. But it would be nice to have everything, at least briefly, on 
the same version. I've built my own before, for other software, but I'd 
rather not.

Anyway, for the Linux side, I wonder why the repository version must be 
frozen, or if there's a workaround other than using Flatpack (which I've 
had problems with as a platform). Libreoffice, Firefox, and Thunderbird 
seem to be able to work around it, and their Linux versions update to 
match the Windows version within a week (usually only a day or 2) of the 
Windows release. Not sure how they're doing it, but it might be 
worthwhile for GNC to try it - perhaps a separate PPA? Since Linux is 
polite enough to ask before updating, those who don't want to update can 
easily block it.

-Mike Brady
  Plain Old User