** Description changed: Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 software-properties-gtk: Installed: 0.81.9 Candidate: 0.81.9 Version table: *** 0.81.9 0 500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Expected Outcome: oneiric-backports should be disabled by default Actual Outcome: oneiric-backports was enabled by default Proposed release note: - Backports are now enabled by default. Due to changes in Ubuntu package - management applications, packages from backports will not be installed - unless they are explicitly requested, so even though the repository is - enabled, no additional packages will be installed as a result. + = Backports are now more easily accessible = + + To enable users to more easily receive new versions of software, the + Ubuntu Backports repository is now enabled by default. Packages from + backports will not be installed by default — they must explicitly be + selected in package management software. However, once installed, + packages from backports will automatically be upgraded to newer + versions.
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