[ubuntu-za] Why does LTS not get the latest apps

Wesley Werner wesley.werner at gmail.com
Fri Apr 5 04:30:17 UTC 2013


I believe Lee is right, it would only make sense after all to ensure
stability. Using a repo to bypass this is one workaround, apart from the
obvious compiling of source.


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Wesley


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:28 PM, Lee Sharp <leesharp at hal-pc.org> wrote:

> On 04/04/2013 08:28 AM, Wikus wrote:
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> The entire point of LTS is to freeze major upgrades.  It is a stable
> platform that does not go through major upgrades and regressions... That
> said, there are often PPAs for major packages to keep you on the latest
> version.  In this case...
>
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