Universe/Multiverse enabled by default in ubuntu-server

[Leonel Nunez]

>> Hello,
>>
>> The Universe and Multiverse repositories are enabled by default on a
>> fresh ubuntu-server install. This change was implemented as of Feisty
>> and outlined here:
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlwaysEnableUniverseMultiverse.
>> This specification is target for desktop users.
>>
>> I was wondering if that situation also applies to the server.
>>
>> On one hand, a server user may be more cautious about installing
>> unsupported software. One the other hand, I've read and heard of lot of
>> users stating that they had to enable universe anyway to install some
>> software to make their server running.
>>
>> So do you enable the universe repository on your server installs ?
>>
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>> Mathias
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> I had never used ubuntu as server  because of  universe
> all the software we use we need to be aware about the updates and risks of
> using software with known bugs  unfixed
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> With universe we ( users )  need to be sure that the software we use is
> updated and there are some choices :
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> 1 report the bug
> 2 report and  try to fix the bug with the MOTU people
> 3 roll your own .deb  or compile from tarball
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> but like me that I need some packages and I know there are others that
> need those packages updated too  I guess the best choice  is  2
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> I hope  this can lead us the people who use ubuntu as server and need
> universe packages updated to come to MOTU  and  help with updating
> packages at least  the packages we need.
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> Leonel
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I forgot

And yes  I'm now using ubuntu as  server and Keep an eye in the universe
packages that need to be updated and  try to fix what I can



Leonel