On 7/7/05, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > Greg Knaddison wrote: > > For people who want a stable desktop but with some packages upgraded > > to newer versions, what is the recommended method? Find an FC4 SRPM > > and rebuild it? Get the source and build that? > > You want to try FC3 src.rpm's first - they are more likely to get you a > better-fit. > > But sometimes its just not that simple, eg. Evolution. To get the latest > / greatest - you are looking to, pretty much, rebuild the entire gnome > platform and move to 2.10 > > ( you could do the garnome way if you like... not much fun, if its a > simple drop in install you want ) > I realize I asked a kind of ridiculous question - but was curious if there were a good answer - seems not. Especially as FC3 goes EOL in a few months... Greg