<div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/29 Orbiting Code Inc. <<a href="mailto:support@orbitingcode.com">support@orbitingcode.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello, I am a loyal Ubuntu user and would like to know if there is a plan to release the newer version of Quagga as an apt-get package for Ubuntu 8.04 Server. We run a small web hosting facility, and run BGP on an Ubuntu Server for two T1 lines. There is a bug that causes ppp interfaces to be randomly dropped by Quagga which might be fixed in the newer version of Quagga, I've been told by the Quagga folks. If you have any information regarding a future release of this new version, please let me know. Thanks, Todd Tebor -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss</a> </blockquote></div>Hi, Whilst I can't directly answer your question, I can point you to some useful information. Ubuntu has a policy for updating packages in a stable release [1]. Generally, only high-impact bugs, security vulnerabilities and severe regressions would be elegible for a stable release update. It is very unusual to introduce a new upstream version of a package during a stable release, and I think this is unlikely to happen. If you are experiencing a specific bug with this package, you should first report it on Launchpad [2]. If the bug meets the criteria for a stable release update, the bug was known upstream and a specific patch can be identified upstream, then it may be possible to fix by cherry-picking this patch from the new upstream version (as long as it does not introduce other regressions). Otherwise, it may be possible to write a patch that fixes the particular bug for the existing Hardy version. There is a separate backports process for introducing newer versions of a package in to a stable release [3]. However it is unlikely to be useful to you in this case, as Intrepid is using the same upstream version as Hardy. Regards Chris [1] - <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates</a> [2] - <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/+filebug">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/quagga/+filebug</a> [3] - <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports#How%20to%20request%20new%20packages</a>