Updating package on universe

[J Fernyhough]

It should be fairly straightforward to backport to a PPA (look at the
`backportpackage` script).

If you're running it in an enterprise environment I'd assume you (or some
other employee) already do packaging.

J


On 2 March 2017 at 02:08, CHANG, HENRY <hc3249 at att.com> wrote:

> Can I get it updated on trusty?
>
> I Can't just upgrade a new OS in an enterprise environment.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robie Basak [mailto:robie.basak at ubuntu.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 5:23 PM
> To: CHANG, HENRY <hc3249 at att.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Updating package on universe
>
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 10:29:41PM +0000, CHANG, HENRY wrote:
> > Can we update the pcp package (and its dependencies) to something newer?
> >
> > The current version 3.8.12 came out almost 3 years ago back in January
> 2014.
>
> Actually the current version available is 3.11.7build1 in Zesty. 16.10
> released with 3.10.8build1.
>
> The reason you see 3.8.12ubuntu1 is because you are using an old Ubuntu
> release from April 2014. Use a newer Ubuntu release to get newer
> packaged software versions.
>
> See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates for Ubuntu's policy and
> rationale on updating packages in stable release.
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