Correction: updating previous versions to 2.6.0 Saikrishna Arcot
On Sun 10 Mar 2013 12:36:11 PM CDT, Saikrishna Arcot wrote: > Update: the backports will only update it to FlightGear 2.6.0, since > that's the latest version available for any Ubuntu distro. Therefore, > I'm not planning on updating previous versions to 2.4.0. > > Saikrishna Arcot > > On Thu 07 Mar 2013 06:49:45 PM CST, Saikrishna Arcot wrote: >> 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
