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bugref:8524: Additions/linux: play nicely with distribution-installed Additions
Improve the documentation for packaging and minor installer change.
Add a README file for Linux distribution Additions packagers encouraging them
to track stable versions of the Additions without sticking to one major
version in one distribution release. Update the message when the Additions
installer detects another version installed not to always recommend removing
distribution Additions. Force a version update notification after an attempt
to install the Additions.
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| 1 | Information for people packaging the Guest Additions for Linux distributions
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| 2 | ============================================================================
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| 3 | We strongly recommend that people packaging the Guest Additions for Linux
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| 4 | distributions track the latest stable version rather than staying with a given
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| 5 | major release number for the life-time of the distribution. The major number
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| 6 | is more relevant for the host software (the actual VirtualBox application)
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| 7 | than for the Linux Additions, which are developed more continuously.
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| 9 | We sometimes have two stable versions at one time - one with more features and
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| 10 | a long-term stable version from the previous major release, which has less
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| 11 | features but a code base which has had longer to mature. While this is also
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| 12 | less relevant for the Additions, you can find the current long-term stable
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| 13 | release version number at
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| 14 | http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/LATEST-STABLE.TXT
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