[Slackbuilds-users] VBox slackbuild

[Jim]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 20:18 (+0000), Erich Ritz via SlackBuilds-users wrote:

> On Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 at 1:45 PM, Jim <zsd+slackbuilds at jdvb.ca> wrote:

>> Hi all,

>> Back in November I emailed the Virtualbox Slackbuild maintainer, pointing
>> out that VBox was up to 7.1, whereas the Slackbuild is at 6.1.50. (And
>> since then, VBox is up to 7.1.4.)

>> I never heard back. Is anyone in touch with the maintainer (Heinz
>> Wiesinger)?


> This was his comment last time an update request came up (https://lists.slackbuilds.org/pipermail/slackbuilds-users/2023-May/028176.html):

> Is there a specific feature/bugfix you *need* from the newer version though? 
> Generally, the version on SBo should work "just fine".  If it's just about 
> running the "latest and greatest", you should be able to fetch the SlackBuild 
> from my -current or 15.0 repo (or even the packages). I don't typically update 
> my scripts on SBo anymore unless there's a specific reason.

*My* specific reason was that I updated to a newer kernel (6.10.3), because
I was having some glitchy issues with one of the components of my laptop.
And my info at the time was that versions before 7.0.16 would no longer
compile on 6.10 kernels.

So I guess you could say "I need a VBox that compiles on 6.10".  (But,
having said that, I suspect someone is going to tell me that my system
isn't vanilla, so I'm on my own.)

korgie at gmail.com: I compiled 7.0.20 and it has been working just fine on
                  6.10.3 (Slackware64 15.0).

I agree that maintainers should not feel obligated to spend all day every
day chasing updates to the packages that they have graciously agreed to
support.  But, on the flip side, perhaps occasionally, if someone needs a
newer version for some reason, it is also possible that they might be
motivated to do an update when requested.

Anyway, now that you have pointed out Heinz' personal policy, I will know
to not ask again about this.

Cheers.
                                Jim