No. Suppose Vassal 3.7.21 is released, you will still need to download it and install it as outlined here. That is,
$ sudo apt update
will not pull down the new version. For that to happen, the package has to have been installed from some repository - e.g., packages.debian.org. Currently, the Vassal Debian package is not in any repository.
There are basically two options for a repository
- The official Debian repository (and those of the Debian derivatives). For that to happen, we’d need some Debian Maintainer to pick up the package and maintain that within Debian.
- Set up an unofficial repository. That’s not too difficult to do and could probably be integrated into the GitHub deployment.
This is what I meant by “you cannot get it through the regular channels you get Debian packages from” in the previous message.
Vassal will still check for new updates - as it has always done. Unfortunately, the Debian package is not (yet) mentioned on the page - Download Vassal - opened when you click OK. Hopefully @uckelman will add it (there’s a PR that does just that) soon.
Yours,
Christian