Backports 4.2 vs. PPA 4.2

[Alvin]

On Sunday 01 March 2009 20:55:41 Art Alexion wrote:
> Now that 4.2 is in both the backports and the ppa, which is better to use?
>
> If backports are preferred and one has been using the ppa, is there
> anything that needs to be done, other than removing the ppa from
> sources.list?

I removed the ppa and did a dist-upgrade. No problems on 5 computers.

> I notice that kadressbook in the ppa is version 4.1 which was very buggy
> even though kontact is 4.2.  is kaddressbook 4.2 available for kubuntu, or
> is this only being implemented in mandravia and others?  If so, how do I
> force the install?

No idea. The current version in backports is 4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid3