Thanks for that. I didn't know that was the policy. My experience is that the process of getting a new version of the operating system is far more fraught than installing new software. I guess I shall just have to keep chasing software around the world and install it myself. For instance Amaya which I use all the time has major valuable improvements every month or so. The idea that Dapper will be 3 years out of date by the end of its support is a little odd.
<br> Sorry if I sound grumpy, but I thought I had clever people keeping me up to date.<br>Thanks for the info.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/21/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Daniel Pittman</b> <<a href="mailto:daniel@rimspace.net">
daniel@rimspace.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">"Jeff Hunt" <<a href="mailto:jeffhunt90@gmail.com">
jeffhunt90@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br><br>> I have tried later distributions and dropped back to Dapper because it<br>> does all I need without creating extra problems. During today I<br>> finally tracked down Firefox 2 and enough instructions to get the job
<br>> done. Are you saying they never update a repository once it is place?<br><br>No, he wasn't.<br><br>> If that is so we might as well just use the cds.<br><br>Dapper has a policy for updating software packages, but this is only
<br>done with careful consideration and with a strong effort to avoid<br>disrupting normal operations.<br><br>Security updates, the most important changes, are done by applying the<br>security fix to the current version -- not by upgrading to a newer
<br>version of the software.<br><br><br>In essence, though, for anything but a "long term support" release<br>Ubuntu do, basically, promise that they will never update the repository<br>and do stick to it.<br><br>
If you want something that "just works" day after day, well, that policy<br>is what gives it to you. :)<br><br>Regards,<br> Daniel<br>--<br>Digital Infrastructure Solutions -- making IT simple, stable and secure
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