Ubuntu based on Debian sid?

[dave]

Erik Bågfors wrote:

>Debian sid was frozen, then ubuntu was created from it.  It was
>probably frozed when 0.5.5 was the sid version.
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wow, that makes perfect sense. Now I just feel silly.

>I think a pretty safe way to update to stuff from sid is to use
>apt-get -b source whatever... but that's also unsupported (as well as
>universe)
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>Regards,
>Erik
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I guess I thought that Ubuntu pulled packages from sid on a regular 
basis, but that would amount to a moving target.

I realize now that 'frozen' is the operative word.

thanks for setting me straight.

Dave