Software repository question

[Hakan Koseoglu]

On 24 May 2011 12:33, dave boland <dboland9 at fastmail.fm> wrote:
> All,
>
> I have noticed that the repositories for my ver. of Ubuntu, 10.04 LTS,
> has one level of software, and 11.04 has newer versions of the same
> software.  Why?  Shouldn't older versions of Ubuntu have easy access to
> newer software?  I can understand the issue if a newer kernel is
> required, but if it is only a normal dependency issue, then the software
> manager should handle that -- right?
No. Use backports. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more.
Or upgrade.