have to update on a regular basis...why?

[Robert Heller]

"Release Early, Release Often" -- Eric S. Raymond (The Cathedral and the 
Bazaar)


At Sun, 8 Mar 2015 01:57:21 +0000 (UTC) "Ubuntu user technical support,  not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Quite frequently when I go to install a package it can't be found, but 
> just running sudo apt-get update fixes that.  Why the constant need to 
> update?  It's not like the package was suddenly added.
> 
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Thufir
> 
> 

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