The Ubuntu process/policy is that all software for a particular distro (it looks like you might be 12.04 or 11.10) is frozen right before the release, and only security updates and major new releases are updated. However, it is possible to request a newer version to be submitted into the main Ubuntu archives. The only thing here is that users will manually have to enable adding unsupported software from Software Sources and configure it to have backported software to be automatically installed (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports) I'll look into updating FlightGear through Backports.
On another note, I have the latest FlightGear version available for Oneiric and above in my PPA (https://launchpad.net/~saiarcot895/+archive/flightgear). You'll have to manually add the PPA (see the page for instructions). Saikrishna Arcot On Thu 07 Mar 2013 05:05:48 PM CST, Wil Neeley wrote: > Why do the ubuntu repositories only have flightgear 2.4 in them? Is > there way to update them to the newest version. > Wil Neeley > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
