[wellylug] NZ Ubuntu Repository

[Jeff Hunt]

I thought I was a pretty conservative bloke, but you folks are making me
feel positively innovative. I gave up on Edgy because its dialup was shonky
and I gave up on Feisty because I couldn't get it into anything - (I think
that was hardware faults, but it wasn't worth the effort).
Under the impression that I was supposed to be keeping up to date I have
been getting new software whenever I felt the need and installing it,
usually off a binary.
Apart from destroying hundreds of hours of family genealogy when I upgraded
Gramps ( its ok I recovered on another machine) I have never had a problem.
Yesterday I wasted hours finding a shell script to do the deed of getting
Firefox updated so I could view SVG graphics. It now works.
If I can do these things with greater than 95% success rate, surely someone
with access to source code and inside knowledge can compile something like
Firefox, check it doesn't transgress and put it into the Ubuntu 6.06repository.

I do feel that the 'big two' Firefox and Open Office should be being updated
even if there has to be a new category called somehting like 'stable we
think' (a bit stable?) (not too unstable?)
Cheers.

On 5/22/07, Jethro Carr <jethro.carr at jethrocarr.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 09:06 +1200, Pete Black wrote:
> > Its better to simply understand this, than to be given a bunch of
> > alternatives like 'maintain newer versions of packages by compiling
> > yourself', which very few people really enjoy doing. Basically, if
> > you like Ubuntu, but want new software, and aren't prepared to futz
> > around with apt.conf entries, then upgrade to the newer releases
> > regularly. This might potentially (though it seems to be less likely
> > with each release - update quality is improving noticeably) break
> > your system, but if you're going to be using Ubuntu long term, its
> > best to wrestle with the beast and get somewhat comfortable with this
> > process. LTS is not a good option unless you want to use the packages
> > delivered with the release long term.
>
> I would state that many users actually want to use their computers long
> term! :-)
>
> Even I don't upgrade every 6 months, because if I have all the features
> I need, why upgrade?
>
> If you want the latest and greatest of everything, then sure, go and
> upgrade. But Ubuntu LTS is an excellent choice for users wanting a
> stable system that they don't need to upgrade for a few years.
>
> --
> Jethro Carr
>
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