On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Barry Warsaw <barry@python.org> wrote:

On Sep 03, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Reinout van Rees wrote:

>All of them have ubuntu packages, but especially for gdal we sometimes need a
>newer version. A PPA can help here, but I thought "a wheel could be nice,
>too".

In many cases, it mostly takes an interested person to get Ubuntu and Debian
packages updated.

wouldn't that only update it for the *next* release of debian/ubuntu?

maybe you can clarify if/when a package can be updated so that it appears as an update for your current distro version?

I roughly have the idea that it's only for security issues.

thanks

Marcus